Transportation

Be Safety Conscious, FRSC Admonishes Road Users

By Web News 262

By Mojisola Oladele

The Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Osun State Command has again cautioned Motorists against actions capable of leading to road crashes.

The Sector Commander, Mr Inyang Umoh made the call during the One-Day Stakeholders Meeting with transport and road unions with the theme: Accomplish 5% Reduction in Road Traffic Deaths and Injuries held at FRSC Command Hall, Abere.

Mr. Umoh, who was represented by the Deputy Corps Commander, Mrs Medinat Akanbi stressed the need for road users to be safety conscious by abiding by the traffic rules and regulations.

Mr. Umoh warned that the command under his watch would ensure offenders when apprehended are dealt with under the Constitution.

In a remark, the representative of the State Commissioner for Police, Mr Samson Ogunmola frowned at the attitude of some motorists who were in the habit of making and receiving calls while driving.

In her words, the Public Education Officer of the Command, SRC Agnes Ogungbemi warned Lamenco road users to avoid plying one way, due to the ongoing road construction and advised them to ply alternative route for motorists.

The meeting witnessed the presence of representatives from other security agencies in the state, transport union members, and media practitioners amongst others.

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Transportation

Five Presumed Dead in Mishap on Lagos-Ibadan Express

By Web News 662

Five people have been presumed dead in fatal accident that occurred at Kara Junction along Lagos- Ibadan express way.

The accident, which occurred around 2:46 pm, involved a white truck marked APP397YA and a Mazda white bus with the registration number EPE575XA.

Witnesses, who told journalists that both vehicles were inbound Lagos, explained that the truck was trying to make u-turn at Danliti, when the Mazda bus, which was coming from behind rammed into the truck.

They claimed that reckless driving, fatigue and loss of control on the part of the bus led to the accident.

The witnesses said five people out of the nineteen people involved in the accident were presumed dead.

The Ogun Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, Mr Umar Ahmed and spokesman of the state’s Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi, confirmed the accident in statement in Abeokuta.

The traffic managers said the injured victims had been taken to a nearby hospital in Sagamu for medical attention while the corpses had been deposited at a private mortuary.

They advised the motoring public to drive with all sense of responsibility and caution, obey traffic rules and regulations and avoid excessive speed.

Olusegun Folarin

Transportation

Two Die, Several Injured in Mishap along Lagos-Ibadan Express

By Web News 636

Two persons have been presumed dead while four others sustained injury in a lone accident that occurred around Fidiwo Axis along Lagos Ibadan expressway.

Spokesman of Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Corps, TRACE, Mr Babatunde Akinbiyi said in Abeokuta that 7 individuals were involved in the incident. 

Mr Akinbiyi explained that the driver of the space wagon bus marked YEE 202XA, who was on high speed, had lost control and skidded off the road into a swampy ditch killing two and injuring four while one person escaped unhurt.

Mr Akinbiyi noted that the people that sustained injury were taken to a private hospital in Ogere by officials of Federal Road Safety Corps while the two people presumed dead were deposited at a morgue in Ipara Remo.

While commiserating with the relatives of the deceased, the TRACE spokesman implored motorists to avoid excessive speed in view of its attendant consequences.

Olusegun Folarin

Transportation

Two Dead, Six Injured in Accident on Sango-Abeokuta Road

By Web News 832

An accident involving a yellow commercial bus has claimed the lives of two passengers injuring six others at Awowo on Sango-Abeokuta express road.

Those injured including the driver were taken to Ijaiye General Hospital, Abeokuta.

According to witnesses the bus has been taken to Itori Divisional Police Station.

Some residents of the area, while reacting to the lone accident, attributed the crash to excessive speeding.

Road traffic officials have continued to warn motorists to desist from flouting speed limits.

They also cautioned motorists to be comply with regulations along the corridors where constructions are on-going.

Wale Oluokun