Auto accident that involved ten vehicles have occurred a few minutes ago on Otedola Bridge inward Berger. subsequently, many vehicles and commuters are trapped, leading to traffic build-up along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LATSMA), in its reaction to the development, explained that the “accident involved a containerized truck, a pickup and a high capacity bus as well as several cars.”
According to LATSMA, “the accident is said to involve up to 10 vehicles,” while it advised motorists to “use CMD road from Secretariat towards Otedola for now as we await more updates on this situation.”
The Lagos State-owned agency under the ministry of transport, in a post on its Twitter handle, @followlatsma said “Casualties still trapped in the pickup. The road is totally blocked for now. Emergency agencies are on ground.”
LATSMA said as a result of the accident, “the backlog of traffic now extended to Ojota Bridge for those going between Berger, while the backlog for those going between Tollgate have merged with the traffic from Kara.”
Please forward to friends and family. Tell them to avoid that area for now.
