Multiple Accident involving 7 Cars occurs on Ozumba Mbadiwe Road – PHOTOS

Reports from twitter show that there have been an auto crash along Ozumba Mbadiwe Way, Victoria Island Lagos, causing heavy traffic.

 

From the tweets, it is clear that the crashes occurred sometime around 2 PM, near 1004 Housing Estate on Wednesday afternoon.

Truck kills 10 passengers on Lagos- Ibadan Expressway

 

No fewer than 10 persons were crushed to death on the Lagos-Ibadan Expressway on Wednesday after an 18-seater Mazda bus collided with a truck opposite the Four Square camp, in the Ajebo area of Ogun State.

It was gathered that the accident, which occurred at about 2pm, immediately attracted a crowd of sympatisers, who rushed to the scene to assist security agents in taking the victims to nearest hospitals.

Eyewitnesses told our correspondents that those who died were initially taken to the roadside before they were taken away.

Auto Accident: Tears as Minister, Ocholi, wife, Son die in Auto Crash

The Minister of State for Labour and Productivity, Mr. James Ocholi (SAN); his wife, Blessing; and son, Joshua, on Sunday died in a road crash along the Abuja-Kaduna Expressway, 57 kilometres to their Kaduna destination.

It was learnt that the Sport Utility Vehicle in which the family travelled in, had a burst tyre on the highway, leading to the crash.

 

Ocholi, who hailed from Ogbabede-Abocho in the Dekina Local Government Area of Kogi State, and his third child were said to have died on the spot after the Prado-Jeep had a burst tyre in the rear and somersaulted several times.

It was gathered that the minister’s SUV ran into other vehicles in his convoy.

A critically injured Blessing died at the Doka Government Hospital, Kaduna, around 4pm on Sunday.

The driver and aide de camp, who were also rushed to the clinic, were later brought to the National Hospital, Abuja at 7.45pm for treatment.

The Kaduna State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission, Mr. Francis Udoma, said the accident occurred about 57 kilometres away from Kaduna.

Udoma confirmed that the minister and the son died on the spot, adding that some aides to the late minister also sustained injuries.

Tracy Morgan opens up to Barbara Walters about recovery from near-fatal car accident, says he was blind after waking from coma

Tracy Morgan has no memory of the car crash that nearly cost him his life.

"I don't remember any of it. And my doctor said, 'You don't want to remember any of it,'" he told Barbara Walters as part of her “10 Most Fascinating People of 2015” special, airing Thursday.

Morgan has had a momentous year that saw him launch his career comeback after recovering from a June 2014 car collision that killed his friend and mentor James (Jimmy Mack) McNair and left him in a coma for eight days.

Tragedy: Caitlyn Jenner talks fears of going to men’s jail as “Manslaughter” over fatal car crash

Caitlyn Jenner has opened up for the first time about her involvement in a fatal car crash earlier this year — and her fears for what will happen if charged with manslaughter.

 

The “I Am Cait” star spoke to “Today” host Matt Lauer on Wednesday about the deadly February accident in Malibu that claimed the life of 69-year-old Kim Howe.

Jenner said that she remembers “very little” about the crash, which occurred after her SUV rear-ended another vehicle, causing a chain reaction that resulted in Howe's death.

Fire of Fuel Tanker wreaks havoc in Lagos

No fewer than 14 people were injured, while property worth millions of naira were destroyed, yesterday, in Lagos as a tanker laden with 33,000 litres of petrol fell off Iyana-Ipaja bridge, resulting in an explosion which triggered a fire that raged for about 10 hours.

Affected property include a popular recording company, Remi Odus; electrical cables, three buildings, 44 shops, six tricycles and 22 vehicles, among others.

Georgia high school teacher killed in traffic accident with students from her school en route to chaperone prom

A Georgia high school teacher driving to chaperone the school prom died after a car carrying two students who were also en route to the school dance crashed into her vehicle on Saturday night, according to reports.

Leah O’Brien, 33, a science teacher at Lakeside High School in the Atlanta suburb of Decatur, was commuting with her 8-year-old daughter and executing an eastward turn at roughly 6 p.m. when the teens’ car hit hers from the opposite direction, Decatur police officials told The Atlanta Journal-Constitution.