One dead as truck driver loses control of vehicle on Kara bridge in Lagos

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) says one person died in an accident involving an articulated truck on Kara bridge.

Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, permanent secretary of the agency, said in a statement that the mishap occurred at about 4:36am on Wednesday.

The official said preliminary investigations revealed that the truck driver, in a bid to avoid collision with a 40-foot container, lost control of the vehicle which fell on its side, causing the discharge of coils of steel on the carriageway.

He added that efforts are ongoing to evacuate the obstacles off the road to restore vehicular movement, stating that the body of the deceased has been removed from the accident scene.

“Upon arrival at the incident scene, LASEMA’s Tiger Response Team discovered that a Truck, registration unknown laden with several rolls of coils of steel and a 40ft container without the Truck head were found to have been involved in a road accident thereby completely obstructing vehicular movement at the aforementioned location,” the statement reads.

“Investigation conducted by the Agency’s Response Team revealed that the articulated truck driver who was on motion, in a bid to avoid collision with a 40-foot container on the road, lost control and fell on its side resulting in the discharge of its cargo (coils of steel) on the carriageway.

“An unidentified adult male driver lost his life to the incident and the body had been taken away before arrival of the agency’s response team.”