A wheat-laden truck has tumbled over on the Otedola bridge in Lagos.
In the early hours of Tuesday, the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) announced that the accident and rainwater had caused severe traffic on and around the bridge.
The Otedola bridge is the gateway to Lagos, Nigeria’s most populous city and commercial capital.
“A fatal accident involving an upturned loaded (wheat) truck that has taken a lane on Otedola bridge in Ojodu Berger,” the agency wrote on its X page.
Traffic is a bit slow coupled with the flooded portion of the bridge. Effort is on for the recovery of the contents and the truck from the road.”
Gboyega Akosile, the chief press secretary to Babajide Sanwo-Olu, the governor of Lagos, said joint efforts by LASTMA, police and the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) was ongoing to restore sanity to the area.
“Otedola bridge this morning. Please plan your journey. A combined effort of LASEMA, LASTMA, and police is going on to restore normalcy,” he said.
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