The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) revealed today that a fully loaded tanker was rammed with six vehicles while travelling over the Gbagada bridge inward to Ifako along the Oworonsoki Expressway in Lagos.
The accident caused extremely heavy traffic for drivers travelling from the third mainland bridge toward Ifako by the Oworonsoki Expressway.
Preliminary investigations into the incident revealed that the driver of the fully laden tanker lost control due to brake failure and collided into six other vehicles while descending the Gbagada bridge toward Ifako on the freeway (three commercial vehicles, three private cars, and one LASTMA cycle), Adebayo Taofiq, LASTMA director of public affairs and enlightenment, said in a statement.
A Lagos State Traffic Management Authority trooper who suffered injuries in the tragedy transported casualties who needed medical attention to Gbagada General Hospital.
Adebayo further revealed that while the accident happened about 6:10 p.m. Thursday, police officers from Alonge Police Station in Oworonsoki were also on the site.
However, Mr. Bolaji Oreagba, the general manager of LASTMA, urged the organization that controls the activities of tanker operators to always remind their drivers to always travel under the posted speed limit whenever they are on public highways.
