The Kwara State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Mary Wakawa, who confirmed the tragedy, said fourteen passengers were burnt beyond recognition, while 14 others sustained various degrees of injuries.
“One of the heavy duty vehicles veered off its lane and collided with the other. Both vehicles went up in flame, 13 died on the spot, while one later died in the hospital. We rushed 14 injured passengers with severe burns to University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital (UITH). Already, with the support of the Kwara State Transport Management Agency (KWTMA), we had evacuated the wreckage,” Wakawa said.
The FRSC sector commander, who went ahead to warn road users against over speeding, night driving and driving when exhausted, revealed that 13 burnt corpses of the victims were instantly given mass burial.
Wakawa blamed the crash on exhaustion on the part of the driver, and warned drivers to stop long driving overnight insisting that they need rest to avoid human errors on the roads.
Speaking on this year’s edition of ‘Road Traffic Crash Victims Remembrance Week’ in Ilorin, she hinted that the figure of road traffic accident in the country remains high, adding that 160 to 10,000 accidents are still recorded and further revealed that the speed control mechanism already prepared to regulate speed on the nation’s road would soon be in operational.
The FRSC boss said Rescue Officers have been trained by the commission and attached to transport organisations with fleet of vehicles in the country, in order to create more rescuing methods during road traffic accidents on the high way.
She also stated that FRSC has infiltrated renowned registered driving schools in the state with proper driving teaching aids in other to enhance the production of quality drivers for Nigeria.
Wakawa, while reacting to the recent killing of two FRSC personnel in the state, she said: “right now some of our officers are undergoing training on how to handle arms. The new corps marshal has taken the bull by the horn on this issue.
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