Petrol Tanker Run Into Army Day Students Returning From School, Crush Many To Death

A petrol tanker that lost control along the NPA expressway in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State ran into students of Army Day returning from school and crushed many of them to death on Thursday.

Focus Naija can report that the students were waiting for transport vehicles by the roadside when the tanker fell on them killing scores.

According to reports, four of the victims of the unfortunate accident were children of the same parents that were on their way home.

It was gathered from eyewitnesses that a minimum of eleven children were casualties of the unfortunate accident while other sources alleged that the death toll has risen to twenty or thereabout as more bodies were being discovered and evacuated.

Driver of the tanker reportedly escaped into thin air as soldiers assigned to the Effurun Barrack searched frantically to apprehend him after the accident.

May the souls of the departed children find rest in the bosom of the lord and may their affected parents be comforted.

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Source: https://focusnaija.com.ng/2021/07/08/petrol-tanker-run-into-army-day-students-returning-from-school-crush-many-to-death/

Heaven rest the souls of the children.
I smell a rat

Ahhhh!!!

so no good news any where again in dis country sef!!

Their only crime was being born in Buhari's Nigeria.

Regulations cannot even limit petrol tankers and heavy duty vehicles to night movements.

Sad.
Sad.
Sad.

Nigeria only kills.

Sad one sigh

This is a planned attack from Hausa Fulani terrorists groups. You can doubt me but check it how many times have you read of tanker or trailer accident with casualties in the North ?

The rate at which this tanker drivers are taking drugs is too much, a woman lost 3 of kids on this. Today i saw a tanker driver making call while driving on this same express.

You just give a tanker to a person without proper knowledge of what he's handling, that's a suicide mission.

It's a tragic day in Warri, RIP to this kids

What kind of gut wrenching news is this, like what is wrong with this country? Everyday mass unexplainable deaths. WTF was the tanker doing? Was it over speeding in a school zone to warrant overturning like that ?
Is it only in Nigeria that tankers ply the road?
The tanker driver has serious questions to answer.