FRSC blames speeding for Otedola Bridge tanker fire

The Federal Road Safety Corps, Lagos Sector Command, has attributed a tanker clang and consequent occurrence nether the Otedola Bridge connected the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway to speeding.

DAILY POST recalls that the lone crash, involving a diesel-laden tanker, occurred connected the outward conception of the expressway astatine astir 4:10 p.m. connected Monday.

A connection issued by the Sector Public Education Officer, FRSC Lagos Sector Command, Elizabeth Jayeola, said the tanker plunged into the underpass beneath Otedola Bridge, triggering a fire, adding that the FRSC rescue portion arrived astatine the country astatine 4:20 pm, 5 minutes aft the incidental was reported astatine 4:15 pm.

“A lone clang involving a diesel-laden tanker connected the outward conception of the Lagos–Ibadan Expressway plunged the tanker into the underpass beneath Otedola Bridge, triggering a raging inferno today, astatine astir 4:10 p.m.

“The incidental underscores the perchance catastrophic consequences of excessive speed, peculiarly among operators of heavy-duty vehicles transporting petroleum products," the connection said.

It said preliminary findings identified speeding arsenic the reported origin of the incident, which progressive a azygous tanker.

It said 2 big antheral occupants sustained injuries and were taken to the Lagos State Accident and Emergency Centre for aesculapian attention, portion nary fatalities...