No fewer than seven vehicles including a container-laden truck were involved in multiple accidents that claimed two lives on Thursday morning.
A yet-to-be-identified traveler and hawker were confirmed dead in the multiple crashes on Kara Bridge outward the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
The auto crash reportedly caused intense traffic along the axis coupled with the repair works ongoing on the narrowed road, with scores of motorists struggling to find their way out of Lagos.
The FRSC Sector Commander in Ogun State, Ahmed Umar, told newsmen that a traffic hawker was killed in the unfortunate accidents, adding that emergency responders are still rescuing those injured.
Umar attributed the accidents to a brake failure by the truck whose driver rammed into the vehicles in front of him from behind.
According to Channels Television report, rescue efforts are ongoing at the scene of the accidents at press time.