On Thursday morning, one person was confirmed dead in a series of crashes on the Kara Bridge, which leads to the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Seven vehicles, including a container-laden truck, were involved in the multiple accidents, which halted movement and stranded motorists and travelers on the ever-busy road in nerve-racking gridlock.
Already, first responders including officers of the Federal Road Safety Corps and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) have arrived the scene.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun State, Ahmed Umar, told newsmen that a traffic hawker was killed in the unfortunate accidents, adding that emergency responders are still rescuing those injured.
Umar attributed the cause of the accidents to brakes failure by the truck whose driver rammed into the vehicles in front of him from behind.
Similarly, a spokesperson for LASEMA told journalists that rescue efforts are ongoing at the scene of the accidents.
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