{"id":75137,"date":"2025-09-08T08:12:59","date_gmt":"2025-09-08T08:12:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=75137"},"modified":"2025-09-09T05:44:54","modified_gmt":"2025-09-09T05:44:54","slug":"capsized-trailer-at-charly-boy-junction-triggers-heavy-gridlock","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/09\/08\/capsized-trailer-at-charly-boy-junction-triggers-heavy-gridlock\/","title":{"rendered":"Capsized Trailer at Charly Boy Junction Triggers Heavy Gridlock"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Huldah Shado<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>A trailer accident at Charly Boy Junction on Monday morning caused a massive traffic gridlock that left commuters stranded for hours across parts of Abuja.<\/p>\n<p>The trailer overturned while navigating the busy intersection, blocking a major portion of the road and disrupting traffic flow from Dutse Expressway to Galadimawa.<\/p>\n<p>The gridlock, which stretched for several kilometres, forced many motorists and passengers to endure long delays as traffic officers struggled to ease movement.<\/p>\n<p>Witnesses described the situation as chaotic, with workers and schoolchildren stuck on the road for hours.<\/p>\n<p>As of press time, emergency and traffic management officials were still working to clear the wreckage and restore order. Fortunately, no casualties had been confirmed.<\/p>\n<p>Authorities have warned that easing the congestion may take time, given the high traffic volume at the intersection during peak hours.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Huldah Shado &nbsp; A trailer accident at Charly Boy Junction on Monday morning caused a massive traffic gridlock that left commuters stranded for hours across parts of Abuja. The trailer overturned while navigating the busy intersection, blocking a major portion of the road and disrupting traffic flow from Dutse Expressway to Galadimawa. The gridlock, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":33,"featured_media":75138,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-75137","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75137","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\/33"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=75137"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75137\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":75202,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/75137\/revisions\/75202"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/75138"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=75137"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=75137"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=75137"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}