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  • Osun deputy governor rescues accident victims

    Osun State Deputy Governor Benedict Alabi has rescued 20 accident victims on Osogbo/Gbongan highway.

    The injured victims were conveyed to the nearest hospital at 6 p.m on Wednesday in some of the vehicles in the deputy governor’s convoy.

    It was learnt that an 18-seater commercial bus with number plate (Osun) EDE 593 XA swerved off the road and collided with an oncoming Kia saloon car with registration number (Lagos) KRD 832 EH.

    There were 18 persons in the commercial bus while the car had two occupants.

    The victims with minor injuries were taken to a hospital in Gbongan while those seriously injured were conveyed to the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital in Osogbo, the state capital.

    The medical bills were settled on the account of the deputy governor who led the state ambulance that conveyed the victims to the hospitals.

    Alabi urged motorists and other road users to always obey traffic rules while driving, plying and walking on the roads.

    The deputy governor, who described the accident as “unfortunate and avoidable”, added that it would have been prevented, if the drivers obeyed traffic rules.

    He warned motorists against recklessness, saying precaution is always essential on the road.

    Alabi expressed a deep feeling for the victims as he made sure that all the victims were given adequate medical treatment before he left.

    Some of the victims commended the state government for maintaining and sustaining effective and efficient operation of ambulance service in the state.

    They expressed gratitude to the deputy governor for showing so much care.

     

  • Osun deputy governor rescues accident victims

    No fewer than 20 accident victims were rescued on Wednesday by the Osun State Deputy Governor Benedict Alabi along Osogbo/Gbongan expressway.

    The injured victims were rushed to the nearest hospital at about 6:00 pm by vehicles in the Deputy Governor’s entourage.

    The accident occurred when an eighteen-seater commercial bus with number plate (EDE 593 XA) Osun State, swayed off the road and collided with an oncoming Kia Saloon car (KRD 832 EH) Lagos State.

    There were 18 people in the commercial bus. The car had two occupants.

    The victims with minor injuries were swiftly taken to a hospital in Gbongan while those seriously injured were rushed to the Ladoke Akintola University of Technology (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Osogbo.
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    The medical bills were paid on the account of the Deputy Governor who led the state ambulance that conveyed the victims to hospitals.

    Deputy Governor Alabi urged motorists and other road users to always obey traffic rules while driving, plying and walking on the roads.

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    Alabi who described the incident as ‘unfortunate and avoidable’, said the accident would have been prevented if traffic rules were strictly obeyed.

    He warned motorists against recklessness and called for precaution ‎on the roads.

    ‎The Deputy Governor expressed a deep feeling for the victims as he made sure that all the victims were given adequate medical treatment before he left.

    Some of the victims commended the state government for maintaining and sustaining effective and efficient operation of ambulance service in the state.

    They expressed gratitude‎ to the deputy governor for showing so much care.

  • Akeredolu rescues accident victims

    Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu of Ondo State yesterday  rescued some accident victims on  the Owo/Ikare highway.

    Involved in the accident was an  18-seater Toyota Haice bus with registration number FKJ 155 XM which was  on its way from Abuja to Lagos.

    It was allegedly swept off the road by a trailer whose river did not even bother to stop.

    The governor, who was returning from a project tour of the Oba- Ikun Akoko Bridge met the helpless victims on the road and ordered that the injured be taken to the Federal Medical Centre, Owo. Other passengers who were not seriously injured were taken to the hospital in another bus.

    While narrating the incident, one of the victims (name withheld) said the trailer which was coming from the Owo end swept their vehicle off the road and the driver continued his journey.

  • Aregbesola rescues accident victims

    Osun State Governor Rauf Aregbesola yesterday rescued eight accident victims on Gbongan road.

    The governor’s convoy ran into the scene of the accident, where a Honda car with registration number (Lagos) AKD 895 CJ, had crushed a mini-commercial bus otherwise known as Korope, marked (osun) RLG 556 XA.

    On sighting the summersaulted bus with many sympathisers assisting the victims, the governor, in company of his Commissioner for Health, Dr. Rafiu Isamotu, alighted from his car and called for an ambulance to convey the injuries to a hospital.

    Aregbesola also ensured that the two vehicles were removed from the road to allow free flow of traffic before leaving the scene.

    The accident victims, mostly market women, were reportedly returning from the popular Owode Market in Ede, Osun State.

    There was a blood stain and some raw foodstuffs on the scene of the accident.

    The driver of the Honda car was said to have lost control and hit the mini-bus when he suddenly ran into a speed breaker on the highway.

    An eyewitness said the car driver was speeding, without an inkling of the speed breaker on the road.

  • Akeredolu mourns Ondo road accident victims

    Akeredolu mourns Ondo road accident victims

    Ondo State Governor Oluwarotimi Akeredolu (SAN) yesterday commiserated with residents of Akungba in Akoko Southwest Local Government Area on the death of four road accident in the community.

    The governor, who expressed his sympathy during a condolence visit to the families of the deceased, also visited the scene of the accident to assess its impacts on lives and property of the residents.

    Akeredolu was represented by the Commissioner for Agriculture, Otunba Adegboyega Adefarati, an indigene of the community.

    He described the accident as shocking and painful.

    The governor prayed to God to give the families of the deceased the fortitude to bear the loss.

    The commissioner was accompanied by the State Liaison Officer for Military Affairs, Olugbenga Aliba.

    Akeredolu promised that necessary precautions would be put in place to guide against such fatal occurrence in the future.

    The accident occurred when a long vehicle descending the hill from Ikare Akoko lost control due to break failure and rammed into the market near the road.

    The vehicle killed four persons and destroyed valuables.

     

  • Accident victims to get free treatment

    Accident victims will now get free treatment in selected hospitals in Lagos within the first 24hours of any accident. This was revealed during the signing of Memorandum Of Understanding by the Health Emergency Initiative, HEI, and the National Orthopaedic Hospital Igbobi, Lagos, last week.

    According to the executive director of HEI, Pascal Achunine, free treatments of not more than twenty thousand naira would be given to car accident victims brought to the selected hospitals by the Lagos State Ambulance Services (LASAMBUS) and the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC).

    “The structure is designed in a way that a typical road accident victim that is picked by LASAMBUS or FRSC and brought to these hospitals will be attended to on the certainty that within 24hours, HEI will pay the bill not exceeding twenty thousand naira.”

    Pascal said that the reason behind this initiative is to reduce the rate of loss of life caused by vehicular accidents.

    “We recently had a collaborative engagement with federal road safety commission to reduce death arising from not providing immediate support to vehicular accidents victims,” said Pascal.

    The theme of the campaign is “None should die.” It is aimed at stabilising critically injured accidents victims in eleven selected hospitals in Lagos, including the Orthopaedic Hospital, LUTH, LASUTH and FMC. On his part, the Medical Director, Dr Olurotimi Odunnubi, welcomed the initiative, saying it will save as many lives as possible.

    He added that “ultimately, we know that what would be the final solution is health insurance where every Nigerian will be included in the National Health Insurance Scheme, but the Health Emergency Initiative is only filling the gap”.

  • Remembering road accident victims

    Remembering road accident victims

    November 15, 2015 (the third Sunday of November) was the World Day of Remembrance of Road Accident Victims.

    Without any iota of doubt, road accidents have claimed millions of lives with several other millions of people maimed physically or psychologically. Many have become widows, widowers, orphans and dependants through the death of their loved ones in road accidents.

    As these victims of road accidents are being remembered worldwide, I would like to suggest here that the Nigerian governments (Federal, State and local) should go beyond joining other countries to remember these victims by looking into the possibility of implementing the following at various levels nationwide.

    1.Set up a Road Accident Fund

    • To provide medical assistance to road accident victims who can still survive when given adequate and immediate medical attention.
    • To compel hospitals to accept road accident victims for immediate treatment even without Police report and prosecute violators.
    • To provide support to the less- privileged, widows or widowers of road accident victims.
    • To provide education and other necessary support to the orphans produced by road accidents.
    1. Give priority attention to the implementation of the Corporate Manslaughter Act signed into law early this year (2015) as a way of ensuring adequate training and re – training of drivers by driving schools and total compliance to the duty of care by the employers of drivers and drivers of self–own vehicles.
    2. Set up a Road Traffic Court where surviving drivers of road accidents and other traffic law violators can be tried and prosecuted appropriately. This will ensure quick justice and promote safe driving on Nigeria’s roads.
    3. The governments and other Road Safety Stakeholders must get more committed and actively mark the World Day of Remembrance of Road Accident victims which is globally slated for the third Sunday of November of every year. The well pronounced marking of the day will also go a long way to increase safety–consciousness and further enhance safety on Nigeria roads.
    4. All officers of Federal and State government Traffic Management Agencies must wholeheartedly work with diligence and incorruptible hands to avoid loss of lives and valuable properties on Nigeria roads. The eyes of the Almighty God is watching all of us, His creatures and will reward us all according to our deliberate actions and inactions here on earth.

     

  • Wada consoles accident victims’ families

    Wada consoles accident victims’ families

    •Adeh community vows to vote for PDP

    Kogi State Governor Idris Wada has commiserated with the families of those who died in an accident on their way to the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) governorship rally in Ayingba.

    He expressed his condolences to the Adeh community in Olamaboro Local Government and the deceased’s families when he visited them.

    The governor described the incident as “a big loss to all of us”, saying God Almighty is the giver and taker of life.

    Said he: “When we lose lives, we should not attribute the incident to any factor. We should see it as the will of God.”

    The SSA1 of Olamaboro Council, Dr. Simon Akogu, thanked the governor for commiserating with the bereaved.

    ASP Collins Omale (rtd), who spoke on behalf of Adeh community, thanked Governor Wada for the visit.

    Members of the community pledged their loyalty to the Wada administration, vowing to come out in their thousands to vote for PDP on November 21.

     

     

  • Obiano to pay bills of accident victims

    Obiano to pay bills of accident victims

    Anambra State Governor Willie Obiano has commiserated with the people and monarch of Umuchu, Igwe Goddy Ezechukwu, on the death of their kinsmen in an accident on Sunday. He promised to offset the medical bills of injured victims.

    Obiano made the promise yesterday when he visited the scene of the accident.

    Twenty-five persons were killed when a lorry conveying firewood rammed into a crowd as they closed the New Yam festival.

    Obiano assured the people that palliative work would begin on Umuchu-Umunze road to forestall a recurrence. He directed officers of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to ensure that motorists did not exceed the speed limit.

    He instructed them to confiscate vehicles that were not road worthy.

  • IGP urges doctors, others to assist accident, gunshot victims

    IGP urges doctors, others to assist accident, gunshot victims

    The Inspector-General of Police (IGP), Solomon Arase, has urged medical personnel and members of the public to attend to accident victims and persons with gunshot injuries.

    He however noted that the police should be informed for necessary action after attending to them.

    He explained that the call is necessary due to neglects and untimely death of victims following fear of being implicated without Police involvement.

    The Police High Command also ordered its Officers not to harass good Samaritans in this regard, but endeavour to elicit correct facts in relation to incident from them.

    This is contained in a statement issued on Friday by the Force Spokesman, Emmanuel Ojukwu.

    The statement read: “Doctors on duty are equally duty bound to treat victims of gunshot wounds and further inform Police of relevant facts. The safety of Nigerians is a collaborative effort of all and sundry.

    “Police therefore, enjoin citizens not to relent in their cooperative attitude in ensuring safety of all. While they are also to report any suspicious person or persons to the nearest Police Station.”