Wole Adedeji, Ilorin
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), in Kwara State, has confirmed that 13 persons died in two separate auto crashes along Oloru-Bode Saadu highway on the outskirts of Ilorin.
FRSC Sector Commander in the state, Mr. Jonathan Owoade, confirmed the casualty figure to newsmen at Bode Saadu, in Moro Local Government Area.
The accidents, he said, occurred as a result of a driver’s loss of concentration, over speeding and tyre burst.
According to him, “Two different road traffic crashes occurred this morning at the Jebba-Oloru axis. One was due to over-speeding and boredom. The first vehicle rammed into a stationary truck while the second was as a result of tyre burst,” he said.
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According to him, the first accident, involving a bus and a truck. occurred at about 4.00a.m, at Aiyekale community.
The Sector Commander added; “Out of 19 passengers in the bus, 11 persons died on the spot, one died in the hospital while seven sustained different degrees of injures”.
Owoade said the second accident, which was as a result of a tyre burst, happened at Lakanla Bridge, where eight persons were involved; one person died and another was injured.”
Owoade also said that the corpses had been deposited at the University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital mortuary, and that those who sustained injures were receiving treatment there.
The Sector Commander, however, cautioned motorists against night journeys and reckless driving in the interest of their lives and those of the passengers.
“Trucks should compulsorily use reflectors when parked by road sides or highways, overloading should be avoided, they overburden the tyres and cause them to burst.
“Drivers should avoid night journeys, they have to be more careful, life has no duplicate.
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“There is nothing bad in stopping the journey when night falls,” he further cautioned.
Owoade said the sector was making moves to collaborate with other sectors to undertake an enlightenment campaign for drivers in the northern part of the country.
He said that such collaboration had become necessary because of the high incidence of accidents and casualty figure as a result of speeding and reckless driving.
