Three people died on Saturday in a fatal crash involving a petrol tanker at Imope Village in Oru Ijebu, along the Ijebu-Ode-Ibadan Expressway in Ogun State.
The accident occurred around 9:30 am when the driver of the tanker, with number plate T 623 LA X, lost control of the vehicle, resulting in an explosion that claimed three lives.
According to the police, the truck was carrying 45,000 litres of petrol from Lagos to Oyo State when it veered off the road and overturned. The explosion killed the driver, Salau Semiu, his assistant, Saheed, and an unidentified female passenger.
Ogun State Police Command spokesperson, Omolola Odutola, said an investigation has been initiated and the scene was visited by the Divisional Police Officer, Oru Division, who mobilised traffic personnel and the Ogun State Fire Service to respond to the incident.
In a separate incident, a similar accident was averted in the Akeja area when a tanker carrying 33
