One person died on Saturday when a gas tanker explosion occured after an accident at Ita Oshin area of Abeokuta North Local Government Area of Ogun State.

The explosion also left five vehicles completely burnt, while some shops went up in flames. 

Chief Route Commander and Education Officer for Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Florence Okpe, who confirmed the incident, on behalf of the sector commander, Anthony Uga, said the accident occured at about 4.16pm.

Okpe said two other persons were also injured in the accident involving a tanker laden with gas.

Number of people involved were six (6) and all male adult two (2) got injured and unfortunately one person died from the fire incident which is the motor boy that was trapped.

“A total of 05 vehicles  were involved with registration numbers as follows: AAN544 YC Nissan, GDB841XR (Micra), LSD993 CY (Nissan), T23771 LA (Sino Truck) and unmarked Honda CRV.

“The suspected cause of the crash was mechanical deficiency (brake failure)  and  the vehicle  crash on the road barricade then went into flames and other vehicles around / shops were burnt.

“The corpse was deposited at the state general Hospital morgue Abeokuta and the injured victims were taken by the family,” she said.