Tanker crushes 6 students to death in Delta

Six students of the Army Children Primary School, Effurun in Uvwie Local Government Area of Delta State, were yesterday crushed to death by a fuel-laden tanker.

They were said to be returning from school when the tanker crushed them at directly opposite the Gen. David Ejoor Barracks of the Nigerian Army in Effurun, near Warri.

It was gathered that three of them were siblings.

Others, who were reportedly injured, were said to have been rushed to the nearby Army Hospital inside Effurun

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Hospital, Warri.

The spokesperson of the state police command, Bright Edafe, confirmed the incident to newsmen journalists.

She, however, said number of casualties tentative”.

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