Daily Post· 1h ago· 1 min read
A man has lost his life while two others sustained injuries after a truck overturned on Kara Bridge, inward Mowe-Ibafo, in the early hours of Friday, causing a multiple-vehicle crash and severe traffic disruption.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, LASEMA, disclosed this in a statement on Friday, saying its Response Team was deployed to the scene at about 5:46 a.m. after receiving reports of a truck accident obstructing the busy corridor.
According to the agency, responders arrived to find a truck loaded with bags of monosodium glutamate lying on its side across the carriageway, blocking about 75 per cent of the road inward Mowe-Ibafo.
“Preliminary investigation indicates that the incident was caused by a mechanical failure, specifically brake failure, which led the driver to lose control and the vehicle to overturn,” the statement said.
The impact triggered heavy traffic…
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