By Correspondent in Minna.
A multiple road accident on Monday, claimed sixteen lives, seven of who reduced to ashes as a result of ghastly multiple road accident at Duma village, Edati Local Governnent Area of Niger state.
Our Correspondent gathered that the accident, described as the worst in recent time in the state, involved two articulated vehicles, one of which carried planks, a Sharon commercial mini-bus and another car which could not be identified as at the time of this report at about 10 a.m.due to enormous damage.
An eyewitness account said that one of the two articulated vehicles carrying plank was on a high speed while the other one with assorted consumable goods was on the same direction towards Minna, the state capital when the incident occurred.
The account added that the Sharon Commercial vehicle in opposite direction overloaded with passengers; mainly traders, was heading for Kudu village for the weekly local market was also on top speed when the two vehicles collided and immediately went into flames.
The drivers of the two other vehicles also on opposite direction, apparently unknown them that an accident had just occurred,rammed into the burning vehicles and also went into flames.
The Conductor of one the articulated vehicles carrying planks was, however, lucky to have escaped death by the whiskers but not without serious injuries and was rushed to General Hospital in Kutigi and responding to treatment.
Another car coming from the opposite direction was said to have rammed into the burning vehicles and buried under one of the articulated vehicles still burning as at the time of this report.
It was also gathered that due to the intensity of the inferno, a team of fire fighters that rushed to the scene of the accident could not immediately quench the fire as they ran out of water and had to scout for more water.
The Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Commission, (FRSC), Niger state, Mohammed Musa Ahmed, said he was yet to be briefed on the accident when our Correspondent contacted him.
He promised to get back to our correspondent later but could not do so as at the time of this report.
The Reporters recalls that similar fire disaster occurred in Enagi, headquarters of Edati Local Governnent Area less than a week ago in which at least, three persons were burnt to death and properties, including shops and residential buildings, worth millions of naira destroyed.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
