{"id":63087,"date":"2025-03-20T17:06:32","date_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=63087"},"modified":"2025-03-20T17:06:32","modified_gmt":"2025-03-20T17:06:32","slug":"another-crash-at-karu-bridge-as-safety-fears-mount","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/03\/20\/another-crash-at-karu-bridge-as-safety-fears-mount\/","title":{"rendered":"Another Crash at Karu Bridge as Safety Fears Mount"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Abuja\u2019s Karu Bridge has once again become the scene of a terrifying accident, less than 24 hours after a deadly tanker explosion rattled the area.<\/p>\n<p>In this latest tragedy, a trailer with failed brakes rammed into a Hijet and a Prado Jeep near the Nigerian Air Force Barracks, sending shockwaves through the already shaken community.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses described the crash as a nightmare, with twisted metal and shattered glass littering the road as emergency responders battled to clear the wreckage.<\/p>\n<p>A distressed road user, watching the grim aftermath, could only mutter, \u201cWe need divine intervention.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>With two major crashes in quick succession, residents and commuters are raising alarm over the bridge\u2019s safety.<\/p>\n<p>Many are demanding urgent government action, from stricter vehicle inspections to enhanced road maintenance and better traffic control measures.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are yet to provide a detailed response, but as investigations continue, one thing is clear\u2014without immediate intervention, Karu Bridge remains a ticking time bomb.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal Abuja\u2019s Karu Bridge has once again become the scene of a terrifying accident, less than 24 hours after a deadly tanker explosion rattled the area. In this latest tragedy, a trailer with failed brakes rammed into a Hijet and a Prado Jeep near the Nigerian Air Force Barracks, sending shockwaves through the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":63089,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-63087","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63087","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=63087"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63087\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":63090,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63087\/revisions\/63090"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/63089"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=63087"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=63087"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=63087"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}