Admin l Thursday, 9 February 2023
OGUN, Nigeria – At least one person was killed and several others injured in a multiple accident involving seven vehicles on the now notorious Kara bridge inward Ibafo on the Lagos/Ibadan Express way further compounding the heavy traffic on the axis.
The accident occurred when a containerized truck lost control as a result of break failure and rammed into several vehicles on its part, throwing one of the vehicles from the bridge into invalids at the base of the bridge.
Speaking on the accident, General Manager of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, Dr Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu said upon arrival at Kara bridge inward Ibafo, Ogun State the agency gathered that a containerized truck while in motion lost control.
According to him, brake failure resulted failed a multi car incident comprising seven (7) vehicles, adding that a GUO transport bus and a Volkswagen were severely affected, with the Volkswagen falling beneath the Kara bridge.
He said an adult male lost his life, while a second adult male sustained several injuries and has been transferred to a nearby hospital.
The LRT, LASTMA official, FRSC, and the Nigerian police are the responders at the scene of the incident.
