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From Ighomuaye Lucky, Benin
Residents of Edo State have raised the alarm over the presence of articulated vehicles plying the city roads.
One of the drivers said the presence of the articulated vehicles on the streets and major roads within the city centre is now a nightmare to the residents of the state.
He said few days ago, break of a truck failed at the Ikpoba Hill axis of the state and out of fear, the driver tried to escape but unfortunately for him, he fell on the pavement and was ran over by the truck and died immediately.
The driver said the presence of the trucks in the major city is as result of the failed Federal Government roads.
He said this has created a lot of tension in the minds of the citizens
trucks compete with other road users and commercial buses.
He said the Federal Government can help check and reduce the presence of the articulated vehicles by fixing all the Federal Government failed roads.
Also speaking, Kadiri Christopher, said the rate at which the articulated trucks are breaking down on the streets and city roads are causing gridlocks on the roads and making commuters waste a lot of man hours.
He said a truck, in a bid to avert a major accident on the New-Lagos road axis, ran into a storey building, crushing a parked car in the process,.
Kadiri called on the Federal Government to help fix the federal roads so that the trucks avoiding those bad roads can no longer find their way to the city roads again.
