Eric Patrick
Yet-to-be-identified number of Abuja residents are feared dead following a devastating explosion of a Compressed Natural Gas tanker near Karu Bridge on Wednesday evening.
A video obtained by a First News correspondent captured a voice crying for help, saying that the CNG tanker had exploded.
According to multiple witnesses who revealed that the truck lost control near the Karu Bridge, situated between Kugbo and Nyanya on the Abuja-Keffi Expressway.
The Federal Capital Territory Emergency Management Department confirmed the incident in a statement, stating that the explosion occurred at around 7:14 pm on Wednesday.
This was disclosed in a statement and signed by FEMD’s Head of Public Affairs, Nkechi Isa on Wednesday.
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The Head of Forecasting Response and Mitigation, Mark Nyam noted that the accident occurred when the driver of the CNG truck lost control and collided with other vehicles, leading to the explosion.
The statement read, “A ghastly motor accident has occurred at the Karu bridge between Kugbo and Nyanya in the FCT. The accident, which occurred at about 7.14 this evening, involved a Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) truck and other vehicles.
“According to the Head of Forecasting Response and Mitigation division of FEMA, Mr Mark Nyam, the accident occurred when the driver of the CNG truck lost control on the bridge there by running into other motorists and leading to an explosion.”