One person was killed Thursday morning when about six vehicles including a container-laden truck were involved in the multiple accidents that have paralysed movement and left motorists and travellers on the ever-busy road stranded in nerve-racking gridlock.
The operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said they rescued two major multiple-accident victims and several others on ‘Kara’ bridge outward Lagos.
The Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, LASTMA, Mr Taofiq Adebayo, said this in a statement in Lagos on Thursday.
Adebayo said the multiple accident, which occurred around 7 a.m. on Thursday, involved a fully loaded containerised truck with five other private vehicles.
He said that a male hawker died instantly during the accident.
Adebayo said that the corpse of the dead hawker and several others rescued by LASTMA personnel were handed over to medical personnel on ground at the scene of the accident.
According to him, preliminary investigation revealed that the fully loaded truck developed a brake failure.
He said the truck, after experiencing break failure, crushed a Hiace 18-seater commercial bus with passengers and four other vehicles.
The Head of LASTMA (Zebra) at Ojodu- Berger, Mr Mabunmi Abisola, who led the rescue team, confirmed that the vehicles involved in the fatal accident were immediately removed from ‘Kara’ bridge to pave the way for free flow of traffic.
Abisola disclosed that the emergency responders at the scene of the accident included the Nigeria Police, Trace Officials and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).
The accidents, coupled with the ongoing repair works on the narrowed road, caused intense traffic congestion along the axis.
