The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has warned Nigerians to stop scooping fuel from crashed trucks loaded with petrol products.
The FRSC Corps Marshal, Shehu Mohammed, gave this warning while addressing newsmen on Monday in Abuja on its recently concluded Operation Zero Tolerance.
He expressed alarm over the rising number of collisions and fatalities, especially the rate of deaths during the removal of petroleum products from crashed tankers.
Mohammed explained that fallen tankers were the reason for the rise in fatalities in 2024.
He said that the situation was worrisome, especially in cases of fatalities as a result of scooping petroleum products from crashed tankers in Niger and Jigawa states.
He identified conveyance of persons in haulage vehicles, overloading of persons, conveying petroleum products in passenger vehicles and fatigue as causes of three deaths and above per crash…
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