A tanker carrying 33,000 litres of groundnut oil overturned close to Abiola Garden on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway in Lagos on Wednesday, spilling oil onto the street and inflicting visitors disruption as residents gathered to scoop it.
The crash occurred round Ojota Bridge on the inward lane in direction of the Old Toll Gate, obstructing visitors on the busy street.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has warned residents, merchants and meals distributors against consuming or promoting the recovered oil, saying dust, street pollution and substances from drainage channels might have contaminated it.
In a press release posted on X, the company stated preliminary safety experiences urged that brake failure might need precipitated the tanker to overturn.
LASTMA General Manager Olalekan Bakare-Oki acknowledged that he was involved that individuals had been amassing the spilt oil from the street and drainage channels with out realizing whether or not it was protected for consumption.
He urged residents to not take the oil dwelling for cooking or promote it to unsuspecting patrons, warning that doable contamination posed a threat to public well being.
LASTMA stated it deployed its rescue and restoration staff and two heavy-duty tow automobiles to take away the tanker and clear the street. The police, Federal Road Safety Corps, Nigeria Union of Petroleum and Natural Gas Workers, Lagos State Fire and Rescue Service and Lagos State Neighbourhood Safety Agency additionally responded.
No casualties had been reported in the tanker incident on the time of submitting this report.
Motorists had been suggested to make use of different routes whereas the restoration operation was underway.
Another truck crash injures 5
The incident got here a day after a separate truck crash at Berger Bus Stop, inward Kara Bridge, in the Ojodu space of Lagos, left 5 individuals critically injured.
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According to LASTMA, the accident on Tuesday concerned a 40-foot HOWO truck and two business buses—a Mazda bus travelling between states and a Toyota Hiace bus.
The company stated the truck, which was travelling out of Lagos, rammed into the buses, injuring a number of passengers.
LASTMA officers rescued 5 of the injured passengers: three girls and two males, together with one of the drivers. They had been taken to the Lagos State Emergency and Trauma Centre on the Toll Gate, accompanied by LASTMA officers.
Police officers from Isheri supplied safety on the scene, whereas LASTMA eliminated the automobiles to forestall additional accidents and ease the ensuing visitors congestion. The company stated the visitors backlog stretched so far as Otedola Bridge.
The automobiles had been later handed over to the police for investigation.
Mr Bakare-Oki expressed sympathy with these injured in the crash and urged motorists, significantly drivers of heavy-duty automobiles, to keep up their automobiles and obey street security guidelines.
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