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Accident: 14 people escape death on Sallah day in Ondo

About 14 people on Tuesday, escaped death as an articulated gas laden trailer fell on a commercial bus in Ore/Lagos expressway in Odigbo Local Government Area of Ondo State.

The Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps State, (FRSC), Mr Rotimi Adeleye, who confirmed the incident, explained that the truck laden with gas lost control and fell on a 14-seater bus parked in a restaurant.

However, said no life was lost in the incident as the men of the FRSC rescued the victims of the accident.

He said: “A tanker laden with gas lost control, hit the side of the bridge and fell on a 14-seater passenger bus parked in a restaurant at Ore.

“No life was lost, all the passengers in the bus were not inside the vehicle when the crash occurred.

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“All the passengers have already alighted from the bus to eat in the eatery when the incident occurred.

“No explosion and gas leakages during the crashes. Imagine what would have happened if the truck driver did not instal a stock valve in his vehicle,” Adeleye said.

He, therefore, admonished truck drivers to always install stock valve in their vehicles in other to be free from explosion or gas leakage during any crashes.

S-Davies Wande

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