The Federal Road Safety Corps
(FRSC), Ogun Command, on Wednesday, confirmed the crash of a tanker laden with
33,000 litres of Premium Motor Spirit (PMS) around RCCG Car Park C, near Mowe,
on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway.
Mr Clement Oladele, Ogun Sector
Commander of FRSC, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ota, Ogun, that the
accident happened at about 4.48 am.
Oladele explained that the
tanker, with registration number LFA 106 ZX, laden with petroleum product, lost
control due to speeding around RCCG Car Park C, near Mowe and crashed into the
road barriers on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
He said that two males were
involved in the accident, adding however that no life was lost and that nobody
sustained injury.
The FRSC boss said explained that
the development had created serious traffic gridlocks on both sections of the
expressway.
“The FRSC is managing the situation
and has contacted the fire service and Julius Berger Nigeria Plc’s emergency
team to commence trans-loading and removal of the crashed tanker and eventual
realignment of the displaced barriers, to restore traffic,” he said.
Oladele advised travellers going
to distant places to seek alternative routes away from the Lagos-Ibadan
expressway via the long bridge to Mowe.
This, he said, had become
necessary considering the period it could take to trans load the PMS in the
crashed vehicle to another empty tanker, remove the crashed vehicle from the
ditch, replace the road barriers the crash displaced and eventually restore
traffic.
Oladele listed the alternate
corridors available to include Victoria Island-Ajah- Ijebu Ode and
Lagos-Ota-Itori-Abeokuta expressway.
He appealed to all motorists to
note the traffic occurrence and bear with the inconveniences.
The sector commander assured that
the FRSC rescue team working with sister traffic and emergency agencies was
working assiduously to clear the crash site and restore free flow of traffic.
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