Shocking! A Pregnant woman, & 68 others, Burnt to Death In Petrol Tanker Fire {PHOTO}

 

A huge disaster  happened, towards sunday evening at Onitsha, as no fewer than 69 lives burnt  to death when a trailer loaded with Premium Motor Spirit other wise known as petrol, which was descending from Army barracks side of  Onitsha Enugu express way lost control & rammed into the Asaba Motor Park at Upper Iwekas Onitsha & exploded.

11 vehicles mostly commuter buses and 2 motorcycles inside the Asaba Park in Onitsha, including the 40 foot tanker laden with petrol burnt beyond repairs inside the park.

The Governor Willie Obiano & the Anambra State Commissioner wept on seeing the number of casualties when they visited the scene of the accident, the Governor told the relations of the victims to take heart and promised that the state will help in ensuring that the living victims are well taken care of in their respective hospitals

The Nigerian Red Cross Society officials were the first to arrive at the scene of the incident, and according to its Chairman Prof Peter Emeka Kathy “we have sixty nine burnt to dead persons as at now, there are other 30 casualties, a casualty is a living person, a dead person is no longer a casualty, so 69 persons are dead, and they have bee evacuated to various mortuaries in Onitsha, from Toronto to St Charles Boromneo Mortuaries and others in town”.

May the souls of  the departed rest in perfect peace. Amen...

 

Source: OF