A multiple-vehicle accident involving a truck, tanker, Toyota Camry and Toyota Sienna has caused traffic congestion on Kara Bridge. The incident occurred along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority confirmed the incident in a traffic update. This was posted on its official X account on Friday evening.
According to the agency, the accident involved four vehicles. Traffic officers were deployed to manage vehicular movement. Meanwhile, efforts were underway to evacuate the affected vehicles.
“Multiple accident on Kara Bridge,” LASTMA wrote in its 7:35pm update.
“A multiple accident involving a Truck, a Tanker, a Toyota Camry and a Sienna Bus at Kara Bridge. Men of LASTMA are managing traffic while effort is on for evacuation. No casualty with backlog building up traffic.”
The agency said no casualties had been reported. However, it warned that a traffic backlog was developing around the affected section of the expressway.
LASTMA personnel were managing the situation to ease congestion and facilitate the evacuation exercise.
The cause of the crash was not immediately disclosed. In addition, the extent of damage to the vehicles had yet to be established.
As of the agency’s update, evacuation efforts were ongoing. There was no further confirmation that the affected section of the road had been fully cleared.
