A ghastly motor accident occurred Friday morning on Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State, western Nigeria, killing six people instantly and injuring at least four others.
The ghastly motor accident occurred around Kara Village, off OPIC Plaza, near Channels Television at about 8:15am.
Eyewitness said a tanker had broken down along the expressway road inward Ibafo without any caution sign placed before it to warn other motorists that it was stationary, adding thata driver of another truck approaching the broken down vehicle only discovered it was stationary after getting very close.
In the process of trying to avert an accident, the driver of the truck was said to have swerved to the other side and rammed into another vehicle while other oncoming vehicles also rammed into others, causing a multiple accident that resulted in the death of six people on the spot.
The accident led to traffic gridlock on the busy highway.
Spokesperson, National Emergency Management Agency, NEMA, Ibrahim Farinloye toldP.M.NEWS that the accident occurred around 8:15 a.m.
He said the six dead bodies have been taken away from the accident scene and deposited at the Lagos University Teaching Hospital, LUTH.
According to him, four people were injured and have been rushed to the hospital for treatment after officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission, FRSC, administered first aid treatment on them.
Large number of sympathisers were seen at the scene of the accident, while others wailed on seeing the dead bodies on the ground with blood all over the place.
source:PM news
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