Tragedy Averted as Conoil Tanker Loaded with Petrol Tumbles in Akure, Ondo State (Photos)

 

According to eyewitnesses who disclosed to a SaharaReporters correspondent, a tanker carrying 33,000 liters of petrol fell and tumbled while trying to turn the vehicle on the busy Isikan Road in Akure, Ondo State, on Wednesday, adding that the petrol tanker driver immediately fled the scene of the incident.

 

 

It was gathered that the incident paralyzed commercial activities on the busy street for several hours as sympathizers gathered in the hundreds to help scoop the fuel spilling inside the gutter near the road.

 

 

 

Officials from the Ondo State Fire Service who were at the scene with policemen from the state command to keep the area safe, confirmed that no life was lost from the accident.

 

 

Femi Joseph, the State Police Spokesman, told a correspondent on the phone that the situation had been brought under control, noting that security personnel from the State Command rushed to the scene to avert tragedy immediately after receiving a call about the incident.