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Photos: Fatal Accident At Asaba Park In Upper Iweka Onitsha, 80 Burnt Alive As Tanker Suffers Brake Failure
May 31, 2015 – Pictures: Fatal Accident At Asaba Motor Park In Upper Iweka Onitsha, 80 Burnt To Death As Gas Trailer, Tanker Suffers Brake Failure
Around 3pm today, Sunday the 31st of May 2015, close to 80 passengers were burnt alive inside Asaba Park on Upper Iweka area of Onitsha.
According to eyewitnesses, the tanker trailer above lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the motor pack full of people travelling to various destinations across the country.
The tanker which was fully loaded with gas caught fire killing over 50 people.
15 buses and their passengers were burnt to death before help could arrive.
Several others suffered different degrees of burns.
Here are the photos sent in by an eyewitnesses this afternoon
Note: some of these pictures are too graphic for display here.
It is high time the government put regulation on the travel time of these tankers.
May the soul of these innocent citizens rest in peace.
O'Nels
May 31, 2015 at 11:39 PM
God have mercy on ur children! my condolences to all the affected families, and may their precious soul rest in the bosom of the almighty God
Emeka
June 1, 2015 at 8:04 AM
most of the drivers are too young, no basic education, uses hard drugs and from poor background. They don’t value life’s. Brakes don’t just fail, it gives you sign. Desending from such hill with or without good breaks, big vehicles should slow down. In such accident, truck owner should be arrested. All they are after is money, they don’t care about drivers mental state n our softy.
magicb
June 1, 2015 at 9:12 AM
this is bad news,God have mercy RIP,IF IS THE TIME OF GOODLUCK people will say he is the one that make this happened but now he is out of the way what will people say again this time
Chinenye maryann
June 1, 2015 at 9:15 AM
God have mercy on and may their soul rest in peace Amen.