{"id":64458,"date":"2025-04-18T20:11:36","date_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:11:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=64458"},"modified":"2025-04-18T20:11:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-18T20:11:36","slug":"black-friday-again-accident-claims-multiple-lives-on-karu-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/04\/18\/black-friday-again-accident-claims-multiple-lives-on-karu-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Black Friday: Again Accident Claims Multiple Lives on Karu Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Patrick Idowu<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Panic and sorrow returned to Karu Bridge in Abuja on Friday as another fatal accident reportedly claimed multiple lives, just weeks after a similar disaster rocked the same spot.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses say a truck carrying cement lost control while descending the steep Kugbo hill due to brake failure.<\/p>\n<p>The truck ploughed through several vehicles before coming to a halt, leaving a trail of mangled metal and lifeless bodies.<\/p>\n<p>In the chaotic aftermath, commercial motorcyclists chased and intercepted the truck at Karu Roundabout as the driver allegedly attempted to flee the scene.<\/p>\n<p>The tragedy echoes the deadly crash in March, when a Dangote trailer powered by compressed natural gas lost its brakes at the same location, leading to the deaths of several commuters and widespread devastation.<\/p>\n<p>Friday\u2019s accident has renewed concerns about road safety and the frequent brake failures of heavy-duty trucks plying Abuja\u2019s busy roads.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities are yet to release an official death toll, but eyewitness accounts suggest a high number of casualties.<\/p>\n<p>As the community mourns yet another loss, residents are calling for urgent government intervention to prevent Karu Bridge from becoming a recurring site of tragedy.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Patrick Idowu Panic and sorrow returned to Karu Bridge in Abuja on Friday as another fatal accident reportedly claimed multiple lives, just weeks after a similar disaster rocked the same spot. Eyewitnesses say a truck carrying cement lost control while descending the steep Kugbo hill due to brake failure. The truck ploughed through several [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":64459,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177],"tags":[59],"class_list":["post-64458","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64458","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=64458"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64458\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":64460,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/64458\/revisions\/64460"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/64459"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=64458"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=64458"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=64458"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}