A Mark tanker laden with forty five thousand litres of premium motor spirits (petrol) and driven by one Pedro Ojugbeli, lost control and fell while it’s contents spilled through the drainage at Traffic light junction Nnewi town in Nnewi North local Government Area of Anambra State.
Police patrol teams led by DPO Central Police Station Nnewi and other Sister Security Agencies rushed to the Scene, cordoned off the Area and diverted traffic to prevent calamity and looters from taking advantage of the situation to loot while fire service personnel equally responded and spread the truck and drainage with chemicals to prevent fire outbreak.
Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the truck on reaching the traffic light junction had a break failure while trying to negotiate at the junction and subsequently lost control which resulted to the accident.
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Meanwhile,situation is brought under control, no loss of lives and no injury sustained. Effort is ongoing to transload the contents and clear obstructions in order to enable free flow of traffic in the area.Case under investigation please.