A Lone Heavy-duty Motor Accident
...police Commissioner calls on fire service,television/radio stations to sensitise citizens of the danger of scooping Petroleum Products
A lone accident involving a Mack Truck conveying 33,000 litters of PMS with the inscriptions petrol Con Oil on it, happened on Wednesday 1st May, 2024 at about 1530hrs along Benin- Agbor Road, Edo State by Okhuaihe Hills around the River.
The accident occurred at about 200 meters after Okhuaihe River as the truck driver lost control when he was unable to ascend the hills, rolled backwards and fell. The people in the locality turned out in their numbers and started scooping the Petroleum Products against the warnings of the Police for them to guide against fire outbreak.
In a statement signed by Police Public Relations Officer, SP Chidi Nwabuzor, Anipr
Edo State Command Benin City, the Commissioner of Police, CP Funsho Adegboye, mni call on fire service, television/radio stations to sensitise citizens of the danger of scooping Petroleum Products. He, however, warned parents and guardians to warn their children and wards to desist from scooping Petroleum Products at the accident scene or other places to avoid fire outbreak that may consume their lives.
