part 6 the explosion was said to have gone off in the middle of the bridge causing the immediate explosion of the vehicles near it,here at metro 30 news studios,we are handing over to our on ground correspondent ,at the scene of the explosion.beware the pictures are graphic. hearing what was been said my small heart began racing, my legs could no longer carry me,i looked away in horror,from the television screen, my once happy face was now stricken by shock and fear,my appetite for food was gone,i knew it. Swallowing hard and forcing my self to look on,meters away from the actual explosion scene where four car reckages,lay burnt beyond recognition,as pieces of sharted glases lay every where, two tires were missing from a particular car burnt beyond recognition, covered by a cloud of thick smoke ,surrounded by an extra ordinary swamp of security agencies running hear and there ,the nigerian police force in their black uniforms, trying to disperse the crowd that came to witness the incident,an array of cars on the bridge,had come to an abrupt halt,as the road was blocked, by security agencies causing severe traffic. Panic and fear had spread,as everyroad user came out of their cars,to see clearly what was happening meters away from them,they were intensly griped by fear,scared for there lifes. From a high vintage point set up by the news station,admist the chaos , The metro 30 news correspondent a strange looking man with ernoromous lips,spoke in a faintly cracked voice,obviously affected by the disturbing sight ahead reporting live from the 5th inland bridge,an explosion rocked that part of the road,he said pointing to the area surrounded by law enforcement agencies as the camera zoomed in on the recked cars burnt too scratch,then turning right to capture the various car parts,lying every where . the explosion happened 30 minutes ago at 14.00hr,we have not been able to get closer to the exact scene of the incident,as it is been barricaded by the police,however as speculated by several eye witnesses 15 people were said to have been carried off in an ambulance,rushed to the hospital,the explosion had decapacitated four vehicles,i watched as he moved to the left still backing the explosion scene as we got a glimpse of the rumbling chaos still unfolding,horns blurting out severely as unpatient nigerians screamed curses at each other scared for thier very own life , attempting individually to get off the 7 killometor long fly over bridge,which caused more chaos and traffic,and lots of screaming I stared in shock and disbelief as several people started jumping off the bridge into the water. Propelled by fear of not wanting to die from another explosion .The camera had caugth the metro 30 correspondent again, now with a middle aged man,who was apparently gripped by fear,shaken by the events before him. The reporter spoke i have an eye witness with us,in a suptle voice the reporter said ,sir tell us what you saw,as the camera adjusted to the middle aged mans frame,displaying his troubled state He spoke,in very sound slightly accented english. what i saw today with my two eyes is enough to humble any man,oh my God! he excaimed bitterly shaking his head,speaking in complete sadness,i was this close to loosing my life today,this close he emphasised again bitterly at exactly 2,00 clock today i was on 5th inland bridge driving in my car. This two toyota cars he said pointing two the damaged cars,were at my side of the road slightly ahead of me as the road was relatively free,and the other two were coming from the other lane. Shaking his head bitterly about getting to the point of tears,swallowing hard he continued. As they got to that exact point he said pointing again to where the burnt cars lay,i heard a deafning sound before i could put together what happened in a split second the four cars exploded, before my very eye, windows shattered,glasses exploded the cars tumbled,in several directions.he looked up shaking his head,this time he could no longer keep the t
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