Container truck loses control, crashes into six vehicles on Kara bridge in Lagos

A 40-foot instrumentality motortruck mislaid power aft processing a mechanical responsibility and crashed into six different vehicles astatine Kara Bridge, inward OPIC, on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway successful Lagos State, connected Tuesday.

The incidental occurred successful the aboriginal hours of Tuesday, September 15, 2026, prompting a swift effect from the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA.

According to the connection by LASEMA, the LRT Tiger Squad stationed astatine C3 was dispatched astatine 6:05 a.m. aft receiving a distress telephone astir the mishap and arrived astatine the country wrong the projected effect time.

On arrival, the exigency responders recovered 7 vehicles progressive successful the crash.

They included a 40-foot instrumentality motortruck with nary registration number; a achromatic Toyota Hilux with registration fig BDG-422XY; a achromatic interstate autobus with registration fig GBY 784XY; a Hyundai Odyssey with registration fig AAA 48BP; a Sienna with nary registration number; a Toyota Highlander with registration fig EKY 491HB; and a Mitsubishi Hilux with registration fig JJJ 977JT.

“Preliminary investigations revealed that the 40-foot instrumentality truck, portion successful motion, developed a mechanical responsibility resulting successful nonaccomplishment of power earlier ramming into the six different vehicles. The Agency instantly activated its incidental ma...