- Mandates Them To Identify Likely Causes And Recommend Urgent Solutions To Trailer Crashes On The Notorious Blackspot
By Cyber Era Staff
Owing to the renewed vigour and rejigged operational strategies the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC)embedded into tactical eradication of road traffic crashes in the country, the Corps Marshal , Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has deployed Safety Engineers to Akungba to ascertain the causes and recommend solutions to incessant trailer crashes that have bedevilled that particular route of the highway. This is in addition to an Ambulance rescue point earlier established close to the notorious spot for prompt rescue operations.
According to Bisi Kazeem, the Corps Public Education Officer, Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM) the deployment of the personnel came as part of strategic proactive step by the Corps Marshal to mitigate incidences of crashes on the highways, following the fatal multiple crash that killed several passengers with others sustaining various degrees of injuries on Saturday, January 23, 2021 along Ikare-Owo road by Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba
The Corps Marshal who spoke on the readiness of the Corps to bring road traffic crashes to an end in Nigeria lamented the fatalities recorded in recent times on our roads, promising that the Corps would double its efforts to eradicate crashes, particularly those by articulated vehicles.
While recounting the number of people affected by the multiple crash, he said that the crash which was caused by break failure that resulted in loss of control, involved a Dangote truck, a Suzuki mini bus (XB973KAA) and a Lexus saloon car (KWL 522 AY) conveying a total of 18 passengers comprising of 11 female adults and 7 male adults.
According to ACM Kazeem, out of the aforementioned number of persons on board the 3 vehicles, a total of 09 persons comprising 5 female adults and 3 male adults were killed while a total of 09 persons comprising 5 female adults and 4 male adults, sustained various injuries.
The Corps Education Officer explained that The FRSC rescue team deposited the remains of 06 of the passengers who got killed at Ikare Specialist Hospital Morgue and took 06 injured for urgent medical attention at the emergency ward of the same hospital, while the rescue team of the Nigeria Police Force(NPF) deposited 3 dead and 4 injured at Iwaro General Hospital. The entire rescue operations, ACM Kazeem said, were carried out by a combined efforts of the FRSC, NPF, Nigerian Army, and the department of state services(DSS).
Oyeyemi expressed satisfaction with the growing synergy and friendly collaboration between and among security agencies in Nigeria, and praised the Nigeria Police Force, the Nigeria Army and the Department of State Services who played a vital role in assisting in the evacuation of the victims and ensuring adequate deployment of men to control traffic around the crash scene.
” With the deployment of these professional and certified safety engineers, I am optimistic that the general factors responsible for road crashes on that route will surely be ascertained, and when that is done, necessary actions will be taking by appropriate agencies” he concluded.
