OGUN CRASH: six injured, one give up the ghost

One person died, while six others sustained various types
of injuries when a petrol tanker rammed into four other
vehicles and caught fire yesterday at Owode Junction, Otta,
Ogun State.
Mr. Leye Adegboyega,The Unit Commander of Federal Road Safety Commission
(FRSC) in Otta, told the News Agency
of Nigeria (NAN) that the accident occurred around 5.30a.m
owning to alleged carelessness of the tanker driver.
According to him, the driver of the loaded petrol tanker
coming from Lagos and heading to Abeokuta lost control
and rammed into four vehicles and caught fire immediately.
He said that the fire from the tanker spread to nearby
houses.
Properties worth millions of naira were lost in the inferno.
Adegboyega said that the driver of the tanker, whose name
was Wale Olaitan, lost his life while six others including four
male and two female sustained various degrees of injuries.