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As of 9:43 p.m., postulation connected the Kara Bridge, inward Mowe, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, has built up into a large gridlock pursuing a fatal multiple-vehicle clang involving 5 articulated trucks earlier connected Thursday.
At slightest 8 persons, including a constabulary inspector, person been confirmed dormant successful the crash, which occurred astatine the borderline betwixt Lagos and Ogun States.
Confirming the incidental astatine the scene, the Lagos State Commissioner of Police, Moshood Jimoh, described it arsenic “a tragic aggregate accident” that has drawn the combined effect of respective exigency agencies.
“We person a lawsuit of aggregate mishap astatine the borderline betwixt Ogun and Lagos State,” Jimoh told journalists.
“Five vehicles were involved, each articulated vehicles. As aboriginal arsenic 5 a.m., we person been connected it, and we person different agencies present assisting us. We person LASTMA, the Road Safety Corps, and different information agencies.”
Preliminary investigations, according to the police, revealed that the mishap was caused by a trailer that suffered brake failure, which led to a concatenation collision.
Jimoh besides confirmed that 1 of his officers, a constabulary inspector, was among the victims.
“It’s precise unfortunate that we mislaid 1 of our constabulary inspectors who came with our beforehand squad to salvage the situation,” helium said.
He warned drivers of articulated vehicles against reckless driving and mediocre conveyance maintenance, which helium blamed for recurring fatal crashes connected large highways.
“If they are not reckless successful their driving habit, we won’t person this benignant of accident,” helium cautioned.
However, the concern has caused a superior postulation gridlock, with vehicles stretching respective kilometres from Kara Bridge towards Berger.
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