Source: Africa Publicity
An accident involving multiple vehicles on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway in Nigeria, has left at least six persons dead.
According to the Oyo State fire service, the accident involved tankers, articulated trucks and cars at the Ibadan toll gate section of the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Friday night.
There was a fire outbreak as a result of the fatal accident.
The accident left many travelers stranded for hours on Saturday.
In a statement, Moroof Akinwande, chairman of the Oyo state fire service, disclosed that eight other persons were rescued from the wreckage and handed over to officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) for medical attention.
Akinwande says the agency received a distress call at about 9:29pm from Sola Rotimi, a police officer, and immediately deployed firefighters to the scene.
He said emergency responders arrived to find six vehicles involved in the accident, including gas tankers, articulated trucks and two cars, with parts of the scene already engulfed in flames.
“The crew quickly swung into action, and the fire was restricted from causing further damage to other vehicles and nearby properties,” he noted.
Preliminary investigations, he says, indicated that brake failure may have been responsible for the accident.
