FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION DENIES PERSONNEL’S INVOLVEMENT IN ACCIDENT TRENDING VIDEO
The Public Education Officer said after a series of investigations, it was gathered that, “at about mid-day of Wednesday, 6/11/19 around 1100HRS a team of FRSC personnel assigned to monitor and control traffic were approached by a truck driver who intended to make an enquiry from one of the members of the team,” .
“In the course of the inquiry, a Mercedes Benz ran into the patrol vehicle and in the process killed the marshal attending to the driver of the truck and the other person sustaining inquiry while discussing, with the other FRSC official occupying the driver’s seat who was also seriously affected by the crash and eventually had one of his legs amputated at the University Teaching Hospital (UCH) Ibadan’.
“Information gathered at the scene of the crash and from first responders (eye witnesses) as well as the police revealed that contrary to some insinuations in the trending video, the FRSC patrol vehicle was not in motion when the incident occurred’.
“The seriously injured victim was rushed to the hospital for medical attention while the deceased was taken to the morgue. It is also of importance to intimate the public that the alleged reckless driver has been taken to court and charged accordingly.”
Penpushing further reports that, Kazeem said a Magistrate court sitting in Iyagankun in Ibadan had on November 13 remanded the driver of the Mercedes-Benz till February 8, 2020, when the case would be heard.
The statement added that, the Federal Road Safety Commission(FRSC) however called on the public to disregard the trending video, saying that it was an unfortunate incident but a reality that their job is very hazardous in nature.
