Road Accident In North-central, North-west Worry FRSC
The casualty figures of road crashes in Ankpa in Kogi and Argugun in Kebbi states recently indicated that something drastic must be done to reduce road mishaps in the state, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has said.
The Acting Corps Marshal, FRSC, Dauda Biu, raise the concern, decrying the high rate of crashes leading to incessant loss of lives and properties, according to a statement on Friday by the Corps Public Education Officer (CPEO) Assistant Corps Marshal (ACM), Bisi Kazeem.
“In Ankpa, first information report indicates that eight people died on the spot while two people were rescued alive,” attributing the probable causes of the crashes in both states to speeding and loss of control.
Bui has, however, ordered immediate dispatch of crash investigators to the two crash sites to ascertain the remote and immediate causes in order to forestall future occurrences, Kazeem stated.
The National Bureau of Statistics’ (NBS) latest report on Road Transport Data puts total road traffic crashes at 3,345 in the first quarter of this year, and that in terms of casualties, the North-Central recorded the highest with 3,582, followed by the North-West with 2,713.
While a road accident involves at least one vehicle on a road open to public traffic in which at least one person is injured or killed, a casualty is when a person is injured or killed in an accident.
This supports the concern that something drastic needs to be done as the majority of roads in Nigeria are nothing but death traps.
According to a report by Channels TV, the Kogi State Command of the FRSC confirmed the death of eight persons in the Ankpa road accident.
The Sector Commander, Stephen Dawulung, was quoted as saying that a fuel tanker, three cars and three motorcycles were involved in the accident, and that the incident happened at the hours of 11.30am Thursday.
Bui wants senseless killings and unwanted deaths to stop. He said, “The two crashes in Kogi and Kebbi states are saddening and worrisome.
“This is so because despite all entreaties, advocacy, enlightenment and education plus consultations with the different transport unions, more fatal crashes are happening.”
Commiserating with the families of victims of the unfortunate tanker fire in Kogi and Kebbi states, the FRSC boss assured that the Corps would continue to do its best in reducing road traffic crashes across the country.
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