NO fewer than five persons have died from fatal multiple
vehicle accident occurred this morning along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
The accident which happened around
the Berger/Kara axis of the expressway was caused by a truck trying to avoid
another parked on the road since last month.
According to reports, the accident
was purportedly caused by a collision between a moving truck and a faulty
truck, parked on the expressway. Vehicles involved in the accident were
seriously damaged.
Saturday Vanguard learnt that the
vehicle involved was a “mini-truck carrying labour hands to a building site”. A
female survivor rushed to a hospital near 7up, and then to the Gbagada General
Hospital, Lagos for further treatment.
As a result of the accident
motorists were trapped in a traffic gridlock on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, as
vehicles involved in the accident had caused a complete blockage on the road.
Luckily for the victim’s security
agencies including the FRSC, Nigeria Police, Army arrived on time to salvage
the situation.
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