Three persons died yesterday while about 30 sustained various degrees of injuries when a 40-feet tanker loaded with automotive gas oil skidded off its track and hit the protector pillars and immediately burst into flames.
Daily Sun gathered that the Tanker experienced brake failure while on top of the flyover near Nkpor market in Idemili North Local Government Area .
Witnesses told Daily Sun that when the Tanker hit the iron railing of the bridge its tank immediately burst open with fuel gushing inflame fire.
While these were happening, traders and buyers in the market scampered to safety and in the process no fewer than 30 persons, mostly market women, sustained various degrees of injuries.
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