The Corps Marshal of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) Dr Boboye Oyeyemi has deployed Safety Engineers to Akungba to ascertain the causes to incessant trailer crashes that have bedeviled that particular route of the highway and recommend solutions.
The Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem said in a statement that this followed the multiple crash that killed several passengers with others sustaining various degrees of injuries on Saturday, 23 January, 2021 along Ikare-Owo road by Adekunle Ajasin University, Akungba.
“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,” Oyeyemi said.
He lamented the fatalities recorded in recent times on Nigerian roads, promising that the Corps will 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.
Out of the afforementioned number of persons on board the three vehicles, a total of nine persons comprising five female adults and three male adults were killed while a total of nine persons comprising five female adults and four male adults, sustained various injuries.
The FRSC rescue team deposited the remains of six of the passengers at Ikare Specialist Hospital Morgue and took six injured for urgent medical attention at the emergency ward of the same hospital.
While the rescue team of the Nigeria Police Force deposited three dead and four injured at Iwaro General Hospital. The entire rescue operations was carried out by a combine efforts of the FRSC, NPF, Big Army, and the DSS.
Oyeyemi expressed satisfaction with the growing synergy and friendly collaboration of security agencies in Nigeria, as he 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.
