Nigeria: Tanker truck explodes – almost a hundred dead, many injured
A tanker truck exploded in Nigeria. Almost a hundred people were killed.
At least 94 people died in northern Nigeria when a crashed tanker exploded near locals. The residents had gathered to collect fuel, police told the American television station CNN.
The explosion occurred late Tuesday evening (local time) in the village of Majiya in Jigawa state. Local authorities expect the number of victims to rise.
“The driver lost control, the tanker truck overturned and the fuel ran into a sewage ditch,” said a spokesman for the Jigawa police. The residents were on their way to the tanker to collect fuel when it exploded. According to the spokesman, at least 50 people were also seriously injured.
Almost a hundred people die in tanker truck explosion in Nigeria
A tanker truck crashed in northern Nigeria. Many people tried to catch the leaking fuel. Then the vehicle exploded.
Almost a hundred people died in the explosion of a tanker truck in Nigeria. The accident occurred in the northern state of Jigawa, a police spokesman said on Wednesday: “According to current information, 94 people were killed and around 50 others injured.”
The tanker truck crashed on a road in Jigawa on Tuesday evening. Fuel then leaked out – many people rushed to the scene of the accident to catch it. While the people were on the road, the vehicle exploded.
Serious traffic accidents are common in West African Nigeria, the continent’s most populous state with more than 220 million inhabitants. According to experts, the main causes are reckless driving, poor road conditions and the poor condition of many vehicles. Without an efficient rail network, most freight transport in the country takes place by road.
