High miracle as 58 passengers escape death in C’ River......SEE PHOTO

Firstclass newsline learnt that a sight of miracle and wonders as
fifty eight passengers luckily escaped death on Wednesday after a
tanker laden with Premium Motor Spirit rammed into six vehicles at the
Odukpani end of the Calabar-Ikom road in Cross River State.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the incident was reportedly caused by
break failure.
Sector Commander of Federal Road Safety Corps, Mr. Ikechukwu Igwe, who
confirmed this on Friday, said one person was injured in the incident.
Firstclass newsline learnt that the tanker, with registration number
XE 381 GME, was heading towards the northern part of the county when
it had a break failure and rammed into the six vehicles, including
commercial buses that had a total of 58 persons inside.
An eye witness, Mrs. Stella Bright, said the accident took place at
about 7.30pm with only one serious casualty.
She said residents of the area were surprised because the accident
happened on the spot where seven persons perished after a truck
carrying gravel rammed into a Port Harcourt-bound commercial bus two
weeks ago.
Bright said, "We saw the tanker coming from afar, but shortly, we
discovered that it was dangling on the highway and before we knew what
was happening, it had rammed into six cars including a bus owned by
the Peace Mass Transport Company.
58 persons were involved but luckily, only one person was seriously
injured and was immediately rushed to the General Hospital Calabar."
However, the state sector commander of FRSC, said his men got to the
scene at 7.50pm to carry out the rescue.
He maintained the tanker was laden with fuel but had a break failure
along that Odukpani end of the highway and in the course of trying to
control the vehicle, the driver rammed into other vehicles.
"Only one person was injured out of 58 persons that were inside the
various vehicles. We have cleared the road with the assistance of the
men of the fire service to come and remove the fuel laden tanker. The
injured person was taken to the General Hospital in Calabar.
Firstclassnewsline.net