What You need to know about the accident at Lagos Otedola bridge

There has been a ghastly accident in
Lagos caused by a petrol tanker.
The petrol tanker went up in flames
close to the Otedola Jubilee Estate on
the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
“A petrol tanker was trying to
overtake another vehicle and the
petrol laden tank broke off from the
back of the vehicle,” a witness told
Mowe splash .
Many people are feared killed in the
accident with several vehicles burnt.
Law enforcement and fire service
officials are at the scene.
The Lagos State traffic agency,
LASTMA, said over 20 vehicles were
burnt in the accident.
“A tanker which had break failure
loaded with PMS caught fire on the
Otedola Bridge INW Berger. The
number of vehicles affected is 20+,
Traffic Situation is @ a stand still,
all alternative routes advised ATM”
the agency said on its Twitter
handle.
The casualty figures from the
accident are yet to be ascertained,
the Lagos State Emergency
Management Agency has said.
Tiamiyu Adesina, the agency’s
General Manager, confirmed to
Mowe splash  on Thursday night
that there were fatalities and some
victims are being taken to the
hospital.
The exact cause of the accident is yet
to be confirmed, he said.

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