THREE person’s have been left injured after a fully loaded tanker crashed into six vehicles at Gbagada Bridge inward Ifako along Oworonsoki Expressway in Lagos state.
This much was confirmed by the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) on Thursday.
LASTMA, in a statement released by its Director, Public Affairs and Enlightenment Department, Adebayo Taofiq, confirmed that the accident happened around 6:10 pm.
The Director pointed out that the accident was caused by a break failure of the tanker.
He noted that officials of LASTMA were on hand to bring the situation under control.
Taofiq disclosed that the road crash resulted in traffic congestion as road users moving from the 3rd mainland bridge going towards Ifako by Oworonsoki Expressway were left stuck in the gridlock.
Taofiq used the avenue to implore tanker drivers to always adhere to speed limits.
“Lastma Oduyebo Oluwole ‘Zebra’ (Zone 2) disclosed that the accident caused severe congestion for road users moving from the 3rd mainland bridge going towards Ifako by Oworonsoki Expressway.
“Preliminary investigation revealed that the driver of the fully loaded tanker after losing control due to brake failure rammed into 6 other vehicles (3 commercial vehicles, 3 private cars & 1 Lastma bike) while descending Gbagada bridge inward Ifako on the expressway.
“Lastma Oluwole confirmed that those casualties were severely injured and rushed to Gbagada General Hospital for medical treatment by a Lastma Trooper who was also among those wounded during the accident.
“He confirmed further that while the accident occurred around 6:10 pm today, Policemen from Alonge Police Station at Oworonsoki were equally at the scene of the accident.
“The General Manager of LASTMA Mr Bolaji Oreagba however called on the Association regulating activities of tanker operators to always educate their drivers on the need to observe speed limit whenever they are driving on public roads,” the statement from LASTMA read.
Further more, a number of the vehicles involved in the accident had some of its identified registration numbers as: “GGE 16 XO TOYOTA, EPE 941 AC TOYOTA, LSR 457 BY NISSAN, APP 206 XT VANAGON and APP 206 YE URVAN.”