(PHOTOS) Petrol Tanker Explode, Leaving 3 Dead In Calabar

There was pandemonium ‎along Muritala Muhammed highway, Calabar, Tuesday Afternoon when two petrol tankers suspected to be carrying Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) also known as Petrol exploded claiming no fewer than three lives.

Two bodies burnt in the tankers

it was gathered that several cars and other personal belongings were also destroyed as soldiers from the 146 Battalion and other security agencies came out to rescue the situation.

The Inferno attracted a large crowd which gave security and rescue personnel a hard time to cordon off.

Eyewitnesses Report;

The accident occurred when two tankers were
struggling to overtake each other at a wrong side of the road which led to a collision and somersault.

The eyewitness account that one passerby was among the dead while the other two who were drivers were burnt inside the tankers.