The tanker had brake failure alongside a serious highway within the Ofu council space in Kogi state on Thursday evening when it collided with a car obstructing the freeway, inflicting a fireball, a police spokesman informed The Related Press.
The car “crushed automobiles on the best way” and all of the victims have been burnt to dying, mentioned William Ovye Aya with the Kogi police command.
Bisi Kazeem with Nigeria’s Federal Highway Security Corps mentioned different folks have been injured within the crash.
The highway has been cordoned off and highway security staff are working to determine the victims, Kazeem mentioned.
Such crashes are so widespread alongside most main roads in Nigeria that the nation has launched new measures to curb their incidence. Greater than 10 folks have been killed in Kogi in an identical crash in September.
Authorities in Kogi are investigating the newest crash, Kingsley Fanwo, the state commissioner for data, informed the AP.