The National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) has confirmed that one person was killed following the crash of a tanker ladden with 45,000 litres of PMS along the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway.
Mr Ibrahim Farinloye, the Zonal Coordinator, South-West, NEMA, confirmed the development to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on Friday in Lagos.
Farinloye disclosed that a male adult casualty was recovered dead.
“Assessment on impacts of the incident is ongoing,” he said.
Farinloye said the incident started at about 2:06 a.m. Friday, around Ajegunle bus stop.
He said the tanker spilled its content down to the Tollgate.
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According to him, the Lagos State Fire Service handled it from the Lagos end, while Ogun State Fire Service intervened from the Ogun end.
