One dead, two injured as truck overturns on Kara bridge in Lagos

A antheral has mislaid his beingness portion 2 others sustained injuries aft a motortruck overturned connected Kara Bridge, inward Mowe-Ibafo, successful the aboriginal hours of Friday, causing a multiple-vehicle clang and terrible postulation disruption.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, disclosed this successful a connection connected Friday, saying its Response Team was deployed to the country astatine astir 5:46 a.m. aft receiving reports of a motortruck mishap obstructing the engaged corridor.

According to the agency, responders arrived to find a motortruck loaded with bags of monosodium glutamate lying connected its broadside crossed the carriageway, blocking astir 75 per cent of the roadworthy inward Mowe-Ibafo.

“Preliminary probe indicates that the incidental was caused by a mechanical failure, specifically brake failure, which led the operator to suffer power and the conveyance to overturn,” the connection said.  

The interaction triggered dense postulation congestion and led to a secondary collision involving 4 different vehicles, including a Toyota Sienna, a mini motortruck carrying paint, a flatbed motortruck loaded with imported plywood, and different afloat loaded truck.

The bureau added that the collision caused overgarment and woody sheets to spill onto the road.

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