BREAKING: Lagos Commuters Trapped for Hours as Two 'Killed' in Fatal Accident
- Motorists and commuters have been trapped for hours after two LAWMA personnel were killed in a fatal accident along the Gbagada- Oshodi Expressway
- According to eyewitnesses, the victims were hit by a driver who lost control and swerved to escape an early morning raid by LASTMA officials
- LASTMA is the acronym for Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, an agency created to implement traffic management techniques to bring order and control to Lagos' roads
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Oshodi, Lagos state - Many motorists and commuters have been trapped for hours in the gridlock along the Oshodi-Gbagada Expressway.
According to The Nation, two persons were feared dead in an accident in the early hours of Monday, November 13.
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Lagos: Accident causes gridlock on Oshodi-Gbagada Expressway
The gridlock worsened when road users blocked both routes of the expressway, causing a standstill in vehicular movement. Television Continental also reported on the development, but said workers of the Lagos State Waste Management Authority (LAWMA) were the casualties.
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The influx of vehicles plying the lanes to navigate their destinations inward the expressway caused severe traffic congestion.
Law enforcement agencies have arrived to manage the situation.
Legit.ng reports that road accidents are a common occurrence on Nigerian roads. These road accidents lead to the deaths and injuries of hundreds of citizens every year.
In October, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Lagos sector command, said it recorded 353 road accidents which claimed 75 lives in the state between January and August 2023.
Sani reacts as Immigration loses personnel
In a piece of related news, Legit.ng reported that tragedy struck early on Sunday, November 12, as at least eight members of the Nigeria Immigration Service (NIS) band lost their lives in a fatal accident on the Kano/Zaria road.
The specific cause of the accident and the exact number of casualties remained unconfirmed as of the reporting time.
Several dead in Lagos-Ibadan road crash
Legit.ng also reported that at least seven persons were burnt to death while 18 others sustained varying degrees of injury in a road crash along the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
It was gathered that the accident involved a Toyota Sienna car and a Mazda bus.
Female UNICAL undergraduate dies in accident
In another related news, Legit.ng reported that Chioma Lilian, a female University of Calabar undergraduate student (UNICAL), passed away after a fatal motor accident.
Lilian is a 300-level student of the Department of Geology of the institution situated in Cross Rivers State, south-south of Nigeria.
Source: Legit.ng
