Thursday, May 23, 2024 -Several persons were injured in a multiple auto crash involving four vehicles along the Kara Bridge axis of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The accident which occurred in the wee hours of Thursday, May 23, 2024,
involved a forty feet containerized truck, a luxurious bus belonging to Sopuru
Chukwu Motors, a computer hiace bus and a van.
Permanent Secretary of Lagos Emergency Management Agency LASEMA, Dr.
Olufemi Damilola Oke-Osanyintolu, who confirmed the incident said that
emergency responders rescued the injured victims and moved them to the Accident
and Emergency Center.
The incident led to massive gridlock, with travellers and passengers
coming from Berger inward to Mowe-Ibafo, trapped for several hours.
Oke-Osanyintolu however, said that all the vehicles and
trucks were effectively recovered off the road and the road was restored to
normalcy.
“The Agency received a distress call via the state emergency toll free
line 767/112 regarding a multiple road accident at Kara Bridge inward Arepo,”
he said.
"Upon arrival of the Agency's Response Team to the scene of
incident, it was discovered that there was a multiple road accident involving a
forty feet containerized truck, a luxurious bus with registration number KPP
921 ZW belonging to Sopuru Chukwu Motors, a computer hiace bus and a van used
for commercial purposes
"The emergency responders due to their prompt response were able to
rescue the injured victims to the Accident and Emergency Center.
“In its bid to ease traffic congestion that had extended to Secretariat
Bus-stop, the Agency's Response Team swiftly utilized the Super-Metro provided
by FRSC for recovery exercise, all vehicles and trucks were effectively
recovered off the road and the road was restored to normalcy.”
He added that the emergency responders who attended to the crashes
included officers of LASEMA Response Team, LASTMA Officials, Road Safety Corps,
NEMA and Nigeria Police Force officers.
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