Four people have lost their lives in a fatal motor accident along the Mokwa -Minna road this morning.

The accident occurred when a petroleum tanker lost it breaks on the highway and collided with a stationed truck loaded with 600 bags of cement and immediately caught fire which resulted in the death of the four occupants of the tanker and burning of four Vehicles.

Confirming the accident to Channels Television in Minna, Niger state Police Public Relations Officer, Richard Oguche, explained that the driver and the conductor of the tanker were burnt beyond recognition.

He further mentioned that the corpses of the four deceased persons have since been deposited at Mokwa General Hospital while the injured people are receiving treatment at the same hospital.