PHOTO STORY: How Fatal Multi-Vehicle Kara Bridge Crash Grounded Lagos Traffic, Left Commuters Stranded

Posted on by Osas Payne

 

A fatal multiple-vehicle crash on the Kara Bridge section of the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway early Friday left one person dead, injured two others, and triggered hours of severe traffic congestion.

The crash, which involved several articulated trucks, a Toyota Sienna, a Lexus and a commercial bus in separate incidents, caused a massive gridlock stretching beyond Otedola Bridge, with adjoining roads also affected.

Emergency responders, including the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA), were on the ground to control the expressway traffic and clear the wreckage.

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These photographs capture the scale of the crash, the recovery efforts, and the traffic disruption that stranded hundreds of commuters.

 

A burgundy Lexus E330 crashed at Berger Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
A woman looks on by Berger Bridge as a Kara Bridge accident on Friday causes gridlock. July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
A burgundy Lexus E330 crashed with a petrol tanker at Berger Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

View of a Sienna car crashed by a trailer on the Kara Road Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2025. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

A burgundy Lexus E330 crashed at Berger Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
Gridlock along the Lagos/Ibadan expressway after multiple crashes on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

Back view of a burgundy Lexus E330 crashed at Berger Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

LASTMA officers, FRSC, and policemen on the scene of the Kara Bridge accident which occurred on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

A transporter, Ogbome Israel, of a Sienna which was crashed on the Kara Bridge accident which occured Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

Some persons move boards from a trailer which was involved in a Kara Bridge accident on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
Paint spill from a trailer during an accident on Kara Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

A motorcycle and camry car drove past a paint spill on the floor from a trailer involved in the Kara Bridge accident on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

A trailer affected by the Kara Bridge accident on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
A man walks past an ambulance positioned near the scene of the Kara Bridge accident on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
A policeman walks towards a trailer involved in the multiple crashes on Kara Bridge on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

Back view of a trailer carrying plain boards, involved in the Kara Bridge accident on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
Front view of a trailer involved in the Kara Bridge accident. Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television
Scattered cartons and boards from a trailer involved in the Kara Bridge accident. Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

Lagos sector commander of the Federal Road Safety (FRSC), Kehinde Hamzat, on the site of the Kara Bridge accident which occurred on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

 

Boards being lifted from a trailer involved the Kara Bridge accident on Friday, July 24, 2026. Photo: Nosakhale Akhimien/Channels Television

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