Two persons have been arrested at Oforikrom, a suburb of Kumasi in the Ashanti Region, for allegedly siphoning fuel from a petrol tanker which overturned in the area on Saturday.
This is according to the MTTD Commander for the Ashanti Region, Frank Abroakwah.
Residents of Oforikrom threw caution to the wind and scrambled for fuel on the street after the tanker overturned at Anloga junction.
The vehicle, with registration number GM 6894-13, believed to be travelling from Tema in the Greater Accra Region with the fuel, was heading for the Northern Region but the driver lost balance while trying to negotiate a curve at the junction.
This subsequently led to the vehicle overturning and blocking part of the main road from the opposite direction spilling the fuel in the process.
Luckily, there was no explosion and no other car got affected.
But residents in the area came out in their numbers to scoop fuel gushing out of the tanker while some commercial bus and taxi drivers filled up tanks of their vehicles.
Narrating the incident, a Fire Service Personnel, Ebonyi Napolean said “The tanker was trying to negotiate a curve but without knowing what exactly happened to the driver, the truck just went down. It nearly fell on a trotro [Commercial Bus] but it pushed it slightly. People were around to siphon the fuel but the Police arrested about two or three people for doing that. It is very important that we take these situations seriously.”
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By: Marian Ansah/citifmonline.com/Ghana
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