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The Digest:

A truck transporting tomatoes lost control due to brake failure and crashed into several vehicles on the Otedola Bridge along the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Thursday. Fortunately, no fatalities were reported, though a family narrowly escaped serious injury

Key Points:
  • The accident occurred around noon on Thursday, January 8.
  • The truck’s brake failure caused it to veer off the road.
  • Multiple vehicles were hit on the busy bridge.
  • No lives were lost in the incident.
  • A family in one of the affected cars escaped unharmed.
  • Eyewitnesses reported the truck slamming into ongoing traffic.
  • Photos from the scene showed scattered tomatoes and damaged cars.
When a vehicle carrying sustenance becomes a hazard, it underscores the fragile line between commerce and catastrophe.

Sources: Eyewitness Reports, On-Scene Documentation