{"id":69673,"date":"2025-07-04T11:29:30","date_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:29:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=69673"},"modified":"2025-07-04T11:29:30","modified_gmt":"2025-07-04T11:29:30","slug":"brake-failure-triggers-dangote-truck-crash-damages-15-vehicles-at-nyanya-maraba-bridge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/07\/04\/brake-failure-triggers-dangote-truck-crash-damages-15-vehicles-at-nyanya-maraba-bridge\/","title":{"rendered":"Brake Failure Triggers Dangote Truck Crash, Damages 15 Vehicles at Nyanya-Maraba Bridge"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>A Dangote cement truck lost control and rammed into several vehicles at the Nyanya-Maraba Bridge on Thursday evening, causing panic and severe traffic disruption in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).<\/p>\n<p>The crash, which occurred around 6:25 p.m. on July 3, 2025, was reportedly caused by brake failure while the truck was descending the steep Kugbo slope, according to a statement by the Federal Emergency Management Department (FEMD).<\/p>\n<p>Nkechi Isa, Head of Public Affairs at FEMD, confirmed that the truck ploughed through at least 15 vehicles near the Karu checkpoint during the evening rush hour.<\/p>\n<p>Emergency teams quickly arrived at the scene, evacuating injured victims to nearby hospitals. While no fatalities were recorded, several people sustained various degrees of injuries.<\/p>\n<p>FEMD assured the public that the situation had been brought under control, and traffic was gradually being restored.<\/p>\n<p>The department praised the rapid response of emergency services and urged truck drivers and transport companies to prioritize regular vehicle maintenance, especially for heavy-duty trucks.<\/p>\n<p>Residents also called on authorities to enforce stricter safety inspections for commercial vehicles using high-risk routes in the FCT.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal A Dangote cement truck lost control and rammed into several vehicles at the Nyanya-Maraba Bridge on Thursday evening, causing panic and severe traffic disruption in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT). The crash, which occurred around 6:25 p.m. on July 3, 2025, was reportedly caused by brake failure while the truck was descending [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":69674,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-69673","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69673","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=69673"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69673\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":69675,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/69673\/revisions\/69675"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/69674"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=69673"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=69673"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=69673"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}