BUSIA: Fear will flutter after the oil truck collapsed and people began to absorb oil arbitrarily

• The oil ship overturned after its driver failed
• Butula police officers faced a difficult time to stop the crowded residents in the scene to fetch fuel from a truck
• Rakite's incident raised concerns about the risk of theft of fuel and recurring risks associated with overturned oil ships, such as explosives and deaths

Busia – An oil truck overturned in the Rakite area of ​​Kisumu-Busia highway, causing congestion of locals trying to consume oil.

According to officials from Butula, the truck driver lost control of the car allegedly being driven steadily towards the Kenyan border with Uganda.

The Witnesses narrated the event of the chaos that followed.

“He failed to control the car before it turned around the road, and shortly the residents were already assembled with containers, ready to absorb fuel,” The witness said, according to the Citizen Digital report.

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The accident happened just a few meters from the Butula police station, putting authority in a state of caution.

Why did the Butula police struggle to prevent the crowd?

Officials at the scene struggled to prevent the crowd, and warned them of the high dangers associated with oil looting.

Despite constant attention messages, many locals remained without disappointment, triggered by the prospect of getting free oil.

The incident has raised concerns about the risk of oil theft and frequent risks associated with overturned oil ships.

Authorities have emphasized life -threatening dangers, including the possibility of fire and explosions and subsequent deaths, toxic fumes and health dangers.

How did the oil truck accident kill 13 people?

The recent incident restores the memory of the same tragedy in 2021 when an oil truck appeared in Malanga, as well as on the Kisumu-Busia highway, resulting in the deaths of 13 people, leaving the community in mourning.

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The incident occurred when the trailer went down to avoid colliding face -to -face with an oil truck. In the movement, the truck hit the right side of the trailer and overturned and poured gasoline along the road.

Despite the dangers, citizens ran to the scene and began collecting the leakage oil. Shortly thereafter, the oil ship burned, burning.

Firefighters from Busia County struggled with the fire for three hours before controlling it.

Officials have called on residents to prioritize security and avoid engaging in dangerous oil fetus.

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With that, in another case, two people lost their lives after a Probox car that was transporting milk to collide with a face -to -face vehicle (KENHA).

Limuru Police Commander Mary Gachie confirmed that the probox driver was driving speed, which led to a fatal accident in the Tigoni area along the Nakuru-Nairobi highway.

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One resident expressed sadness at the increase in accidents in the area and called on the government to expand the road to help reduce deaths.

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