Accident
Tragedy! Toyota Car Carrying Diesel Set Vehicles Ablaze
A Toyota car carrying petrol has set vehicles ablaze.
News Rain Nigeria gathered that the Federal Road Safety Corps has explained how a Toyota Camry Car loaded with diesel set ablaze itself and other cars in Anambra.
A Toyota Camry car loaded with petrol was reportedly to have on Sunday rammed into a Toyota Corolla car, setting itself and the car ablaze.
Toyota Car Carrying Diesel Set Vehicles Ablaze
While reacting to the sad incident, the Federal Road Safety Corps Public Education Officer, Florence Edor through a signed statement stated that a motorcyclist was knocked down by unidentified driver of the Toyota Camry car with the registration number YEN. 697 PY, who was said to have loss control of the vehicle as a result of over-speeding.
Florence maintained that the crash involved a total of nine persons on board comprising of seven male adults and two female adults.
Though no body was injured as stated according to the report of the FRSC, but reinstated that it took combined team of FRSC rescue team, Nigeria police and men of NSCDC to manage the situation and restore free flow of traffic.
Almost immediately an unidentified Toyota Corolla driver without registration number tailgating the Camry car ram into it and it led to fire out break because the Toyota Camry car was carrying diesel.
The fire was however put off with a local initiative by inviting a water tanker which put off the fire before the arrival of men of the Fire service
Also the statement quoted the Sector Commander Andrew Kumapayi to have warned motorists to avoid over speeding and tailgating, stressing that speed trills but kills, urging motorists to always make use of recommended speed limit especially in build up areas or use common sense speed limit to avoid crash.
According to the statement, it stressed that the driver of the unidentified Toyota Corolla car could have avoided the accident if not for the fact that he was tailgating the Toyota Camry.
The Toyota Corolla driver without registration number tailgating the Camry car ram into it and it led to fire out break because the Toyota Camry car was carrying diesel.
