Reports from Zamfara state in northern Nigeria say a car accident has claimed dozens of lives.
The victim, Nasiru Aliyu Bukkuyum, told the BBC that the Funtua oil tanker had come to an end with a Golf passenger car.
"The car passed through Damba shortly after this incident, but we do not know the number of casualties, but there have been casualties," he said.
The incident happened on Friday morning. So far the BBC has not heard from authorities on the incident.
When our colleague Muhammad Annur Muhammad was talking to the victims on their cell phone, he heard the sound of a fire truck and a volunteer.
The surviving tank boy, who used to belong to the taxi driver, told the BBC: "My dad was only pulling the car until the Golf driver came over and overtaken us, causing the car to run away from my father.
"Then our car crashed and it caught fire. Now there were three of us in the driveway, two of us in the driveway, but my father who was on the other side of the car never got out.
"I made sure he died because the car had already burned down," the boy said.
He added that for all the people in Gof, no one was safe.
The tank was hit by a car belonging to Ataf Oil.
The dangers of heavy vehicles are becoming a nightmare in Nigeria, and are often seen as a result of poor street conditions and lack of laws to restrict daytime traffic or in some of the developed countries. next.
Even this year in 2019, there have been accidents in petrol stations in some parts of the country.
And this continues to be the death of many Nigerians.
In July 2019, when a similar accident occurred, an official at the National Emergency Management Agency (FRSC) Muhammad Kabir Abubakar said more than 600 Nigerians had died in the past two years due to road accidents. fat.
He said 302 people died in 2018, and 308 died in 2017 as a result of truck accidents.
Muhammad Kabir Abubakar attributes this risk to three reasons:
  • Excessive performance makes drivers spend days without having to close their eyes
  • Drinking and getting stimulated
  • The actual intention.
The FRSC official pointed out how some unidentified people are dying as a result of traffic accidents, which sometimes set fire to homes and people