Two tankers conveying petroleum products have collided under the Sagamu interchange corridor of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway, close to the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Emergency Road Side Clinic.

The accident, which occurred in the evening on Christmas Day, obstructed the expressway and created heavy traffic gridlock for motorists and travellers going home for the yuletide.

Operatives of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) were sighted cordoning off the affected area as they made frantic calls to the Fire Service in the state, urging them to hurry to the scene with fire -fighting engine should fuel fire erupts from the crash.

The FRSC Sector Commander, Clement Oladele has advised motorists to avoid the area pending when the situation normalises.

He advised those just departing from Lagos, Ibadan, Ijebu Ode or Abeokuta to use alternative corridors of Abeokuta-Ota-Lagos expressway or Ibadan-Ogere-Siun Junction-Abeokuta-Sango-Lagos and Ijebu Ode- Ajah – Victoria Island – Lagos routes.

In the early hours of Christmas Day, a tanker conveying petroleum products (PMS) crashed around the RCCG Car Park C, Mowe on the outward Lagos section of the Lagos – Ibadan Expressway.

The PMS laden tanker rammed into the road barriers and caused massive traffic gridlock on both sections of the Expressway.

The FRSC also contacted the Fire Service and Julius Berger Nigeria PLC Emergency Team to commence transloading and removal of the crashed tanker and eventual realignment of the displaced barriers, to restore traffic, according to Florence Okpe, the Route Commander and Public Education Officer Ogun State Command of the FRSC in a statement on behalf of the Sector Commander, Clement Oladele. (The Nation)

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