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From Okwe Obi, Abuja
No fewer than 19 persons have lost their lives in a fatal road crash at Kanbi village, on the Olooru new Jebba road in Kwara State.
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC),Corps Marshal Shehu Mohammed, in a statement yesterday, said preliminary investigation revealed that the crash occured as a result of excessive speed and wrongful overtaking involving 2 vehicles; a blue Iveco trailer with no trace of registration and a white Toyota Hiace bus with registration number LSD363YE.
Mohammed expressed displeasure over the alarming rate of recklessness of drivers who have continued to contravene established traffic regulations and causing undue harm to lives and unprecedented destruction to properties.
According to him, total of 25 people were involved, comprising of 13 male adults, 5 female adults, 2 female children and 5 male children.
He said from the number, 5 people were injured (3 male adults and 2 female adults), and 19 victims killed (11 male adults, 3 female adults,3 male children, and 2 female children.
He disclosed that the injured victims have been rescued to Orisun Ayo hospital, 1 corpse was deposited at the morgue of the same hospital while the remaining 18 dead bodies were claimed by the families of the deceased.
“You would recall that in recent time, apart from setting up an Inter-agency Joint Task Force to tackle the excesses of trailer drivers, the Corps equally enhanced its enlightenment campaigns as well as ensured robust engagement of stakeholders, especially the various transport unions all in a bit to curb this ugly occurrences.
“It is therefore unfortunate that irrespective of all the efforts in place, some drivers have decided not to adhere to safety standards as such compromising the safety of innocent Road Users.
“In line with his 2024 agenda for drastic reduction in road carnage’s, the Corps Marshal has directed Commanding Officers to intensify special patrol operations against these identified violations,” he said.
