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  • Angry mob burns three trucks in Edo

    Angry mob on Thursday burnt three trucks at Agbede along the Benin-Auchi-Abuja expressway after one of the trucks accidentally hit some persons along the road.

    It was gathered that the truck had a brake failure and rammed into several persons standing by the roadside.

    The mob blocked the highway and caused heavy vehicular traffic that lasted hours.

    Eyewitnesses said four persons died and eight others were seriously injured in the accident.

    Our correspondent gathered that the mob’s action prevented officials of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and other security agents from carrying out rescue operations at the scene of the accident.

    But Edo State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Samuel Odukoya, said only person died in the accident.

     

  • 2017: 143 die, 843 injured in Edo auto crashes

    2017: 143 die, 843 injured in Edo auto crashes

    The Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) in Edo says a total of 143 persons died and 843 others were injured in various auto crashes across the state in 2017.

    Mr. Samuel Odukoya, the FRSC Sector Commander, made the disclosure in an interview with newsmen in Benin on Tuesday.

    Odukoya said 226 auto crashes were recorded in the state during the period involving 2,285 persons comprising 1,539 males, 598 females and 148 children.

    The sector commander in Edo disclosed that during the yuletide alone, 21 cases of traffic crashes were recorded with 101 casualties of which 11 were killed and 90 persons injured.

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    According to him, a greater percentage of the accidents were due to over speeding, followed by mechanical deficiencies in the vehicles with brake failure alone accounting for about 10 per cent.

    Odukoya added that two per cent of the accidents were due to tyre burst, while road traffic violations and wrong overtaking also accounted for two per cent each.

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  • 19 die in auto crash in Edo, says FRSC

    19 die in auto crash in Edo, says FRSC

    At least, 19 people including five children died in an accident at Ogoneki in Edo, off Asaba-Benin Expressway on Thursday, the Federal Road Safety Corps ( FRSC ) has said.

    Mr Samuel Odukoya, the State Sector Commander, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Benin City that the accident which involved a trailer and a passenger bus occurred at 4.30 p.m. on Thursday.

    He said 24 persons were trapped in the accident involving a trailer with registration no. DRZ 374 XA and a Toyota bus marked ABD 206 XA.

    Odukoya said 16 people died on Thursday while three other persons died in a hospital on Friday.

    According to him, five others sustained various degrees of injury.

    “The trip was from Benin to Auchi and the cause of the accident was attributed to dangerous overtaking.

    “Three females, 11 males, a female child and four male children were killed in the accident, while five men were injured and have been taken to the hospital,” the commander said.

  • Nine die in Edo road accident 

    Nine die in Edo road accident 

    Nine persons were on Tuesday morning killed in a road accident involving a tipper and a commercial bus driver.

    The accident occurred at about 6am along Upper Sokponba road near Oka market in Ikpoba-Okha local government area.

    All the passengers in the commercial bus marked BEN 435 ZN died.

    Six of the passengers including a pregnant woman died on the spot while others died at the hospital they were rushed to.

    Eye witnesses said the tipper rammed into the commercial bus after it parked to pick a passenger.

    The incident sparked protest from family members, friends and other commercial drivers plying the route.

    Bon fires were set on the road while commercial drivers suspended work which made passengers to trek long distance.

    The protesters set the tipper ablaze but the driver was not seen.

    At the Central Hospital morgue, families were seen coming in to identify their relatives.

    It was not however confirmed whether the baby in the deceased pregnant woman was rescued.

    When contacted for comments, Edo Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Samuel Odukoya, confirmed the incident and said nine persons were confirmed dead.

    He said the protesters prevented his men from getting access to the scene.

    A bus driver who gave his name as Osas said they decided not to work to protest reckless driving of tipper drivers.

     

     

  • Two arrested for causing Edo road accident

    A truck driver and his conductor have been arrested for causing a road accident that killed 10 people in Edo State.

    The only survivor of the accident is in critical condition at hospital.

    The accident occurred at 7:30 p.m. on Wednesday night between Ugoneki and Evbuobanosa villages along the Benin-Agbor-Onitsha expressway.

    Eyewitnesses said the truck driver was driving against traffic when it had a head on collision with a commercial bus.

    The truck was marked, FST 280 XR, while the 18-seater Toyota bus had the registration number MKD 492 XB.

    Youths in the villages picked up the truck driver and his conductor and handed them over to the police.

    The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Samuel Odukoya, who confirmed the incident, said four passengers died after they were rushed to hospital.

    He blamed accident on reckless driving.

     

     

  • FRSC impounds 69 vehicles for speed violation in Edo

    The Edo Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), says 69 vehicles have so far been impounded for failure to install the speed limiter device in their vehicles.

    The Sector State Commander, Mr. Samuel Odukoya, disclosed this in an interview on Tuesday.

    According to Odukoya, the vehicles were impounded since the enforcement of the speed limiter commenced; adding that the order to impound the vehicles was secured through a mobile court that was constituted by the corps.

    He said that the mobile court prosecuted the drivers of 85 other vehicles, while 16 others were discharged.

    He also disclosed that 917 vehicles were stopped during the period, with 236 vehicles booked and 174 out of the number cautioned, across the 10 routes of the command.

    Odukoya further explained that between Feb. 6 and Feb.12 the command secured 59 convictions out of 85 prosecutions, while 16 vehicles were discharged.

    He disclosed that this was out of the 467 vehicles stopped within the period.

     

  • FRSC records 11 deaths in Edo in January

    The Edo Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 11 deaths are recorded in Edo due to road accidents in January.

    The state Sector Commander, Mr Samuel Odukoya, made this known on Tuesday in Benin.

    Odukoya said that within the period under review, 23 road accidents were recorded with nine fatal cases, 13 serious cases and a minor case.
    The sector commander said that 73 injured cases were recorded with total casualty of 84.

    He explained that a comparative analysis of the road accident in the state between December 2016 and January 2017 showed that in December, 30 road accidents were recorded as against 23 in January.

    He said that casualties recorded in January were 84 as against 94 recorded in Dec 2016, while fatality and injured were nine and 73 respectively in January as against eight and 86 respectively in December.

    Meanwhile, the command had returned an undisclosed amount of cash found in an accident scene to the owner.

    The driver of the vehicle involved in the accident, Mr Monday Agelebor, was at the command’s office alongside with the owner of the money to collect it from the FRSC officials.

    Agelebor said that the passenger left the money in the accident which occurred along Aduwawa road, Benin on Feb. 7, adding that the accident occurred due to break failure.