UPDATE: ABUJA TRUCK EXPLOSION DEATH TOLL RISES TO EIGHT
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Eight people have perished as a result of a collision involving a truck carrying compressed natural gas and many other vehicles at Karu Bridge on the Abuja-Kwffi Expressway on Wednesday night, according to the FCT Emergency Management Department.
Speaking to reporters at the scene of the incident on Thursday, Abdulrahman Mohammed, the FEMD’s acting director general, provided the update.
Recall that the FCT Police Command verified in a statement signed by SP Josephine Adeh, the Police Public Relations Officer, that 14 vehicles were burned and six people perished in the collision.
The FEMD boss, however, disclosed that of the six, four were burnt beyond recognition, adding that two of the other rescued victims died on Thursday morning, bringing the total number of dead victims to eight.
“Five people were taken dead from the scene yesterday. Out of the people that were injured, one died, making six. Then this morning, when I asked my people to go round, they discovered that two had already died again, making eight. Four of them from yesterday were burnt beyond recognition.”, he explained.
He added that 30 others were receiving treatments across various hospitals in the FCT.
Mohammed said eight of the victims were receiving treatments at the Karu General Hospital, 10 at the Customs Hospital, 11 at the National Hospital, while one victim was at the Aso Clinic, making a total of 30.
“And the places where you would find people are Customs Hospital, we have National Hospital and Aso Clinic. I have instructed them to go to Asokoro Hospital and see whether they carried some people there again. But now, this is the information I have at this time,” he said.
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