At least two persons were feared dead and several others injured in a multiple road crash that occured at Lambata in Gurara local govt area of Niger State.
The accident involving two tankers, a Mazda 323 and a BM100 18-Seater boxer car occured at about 3:15pm on Wednesday.
Eye witnesses said two of the tankers, a Diesel Tanker with number plate GWU154XA and an IVEKO Tanker with registration number ABE338XA crashed around Bonu village along Lambata-Minna road and immediately caught fire, which affected the Mazda and Boxer cars, as well as a motorcycle.
A resident in the area told news reporters on the scene of the accident, that one of the Tankers had wanted to overtake the other and in the process tumbled.
