Lagos Multiple Accidents - Two Women Confirmed Dead, Others Injured
An Unidentified female & A Pregnant woman were stated To Have Died inside the a couple of accidents Which came about near Otedola Bridge, alongside The Alausa location Of The Lagos-Ibadan parkway On Saturday.
A huge wide variety Of people have been additionally said To Have Sustained accidents in the accidents.
The accidents, Which took place approximately 3 instances, have been because of a series Of more than one Collisions concerning Over 25 automobiles.
The 1st accident Was said To were because of An NNPC Tanker With range Plate, XG 321 MKA.
The Tanker Was Allegedly On top pace & Had A Brake Failure.
It Rammed Into The automobile In front. Eyewitnesses said The improvement led to similarly Collisions As other automobiles, Which Had slowed down because Of The traffic Snarl at the freeway, ran into one every other because of The effect Of The Tanker.
the person driving Was said To Have also Throw Smaller automobiles Off Its way.
The Collisions brought about 2 cargo vehicles Being driven Off the street, whilst The Advancing NNPC Tanker Dragged A Toyota Camry alongside until It Was Stopped with the aid of The two shipment vehicles, one Of Which Had Fallen.
whilst Our Correspondent Visited The Scene On Sunday, part of The Bonnet Of The Camry car Was Trapped beneath 1 Of The cargo motors.
shortly After The 1st coincidence, A Saloon vehicle Which Was waiting for The Occupants To seize A Glimpse Of The coincidence Scene Was also stated To were Hit by way of another automobile From in the back of.
This additionally brought about in addition Collisions. A lady inside the Saloon car Was stated To Have Died immediately even as Others In the car, together with two kids Sustained Minor accidents.
An Eyewitness, Mr. Amos Ogah, Who Was In one The shipment vehicles dat Was involved in the 1st twist of fate, stated, “We were From Victoria Island Going To Calabar whilst We Met A Holdup right here. We have been transferring Slowly while The NNPC Tanker abruptly Hit some motors in the back of Us.
“i used to be searching at The Tanker via The mirror and I could See that the driver Had lost control.
“After The accident, A Toyota Hiace Bus and A Salon automobile Which have been looking forward to Their Occupants To Have a look at The Scene Of The twist of fate were Hit by another Jeep. This additionally caused similarly Collisions.”
consistent with Ogah, extra Than 10 automobiles have been concerned in the Collisions.
a few Hours later, A rushing Truck Belonging To 7-Up Bottling organization additionally Rammed Into automobiles in the Gridlock Which Had prolonged far at the back of The 1st accident Scene.
greater Than 15 vehicles Which had been Affected Skidded Off the street and Stopped about some ft far from A Ditch along The limited-access highway.
@ The Scene Of The third coincidence, Which Was about 100meters away from The Scene Of the sooner Ones, had been 9 motors, which includes The 7-Up Truck and A Toyota Hiace.
A victim, Mrs. Kunbi Tuaklilawson, Who Escaped The third coincidence unhurt, however along with her Lexus Jeep Badly broken, stated She Was Held Up inside the visitors Jam till around 10pm whilst She suddenly Heard A large Bang at the back of Her.
Tuaklilawson, Whose automobile Had number Plate, AGL 567 AM, said, “i used to be using From Surulere & We were in the keep Up when The coincidence came about.
“We all at once Heard A large Bang From behind. We observed that It Was The seven-Up vehicle, Which Was On pinnacle velocity, Was The 1 Which ran into The vehicles at the back of Us. All Of A unexpected several different Bangs observed and before We Knew It, We had been Being pushed Off the road.”
the driver Of The Hiace Bus, Mr. Solomon Okemuyiwa, said apart from Him, three different persons within the Bus  Sustained injuries.
He stated The Bus Belonged To Radisson Blue employer & The persons in the Bus have been workers Of The employer.
He said, “I got To The Scene Of The accident round 10.35pm. We were inside the Holdup while We have been abruptly Hit by using The 7-Up Truck. Our Bus Tumbled.”
A Policeman From Isheri Police Station, Who honestly identified Himself As Adewale, stated The seven-Up automobile would possibly Have Had Brake Failure.
Adewale, Who Was In Mufti, stated His Station In Isheri have become privy to The first twist of fate around 8pm On Saturday and Was @ The Scene at the side of different Policemen and officers Of The Lagos State traffic management Authority whilst the alternative accidents took place.
He said,”We have been informed about The twist of fate approximately 8pm. We had been Rescuing sufferers & Evacuating a number of The Affected automobiles whilst the alternative accidents occurred.”
A textual content message From The Director Of The Lagos State fire carrier, Idowu Fadipe, said, “The Muliple accidents Claimed two Lives; A Pregnant lady and 1 different lady. several people were Injured and had been Taken To The medical institution.”