FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY COMMISSION TO PROSECUTE IYARE MOTORS FOR CAUSING DEATHS OF PASSENGERS

He said the dead were also deposited at the mortuary of the hospital while the debris cleared off the road for free flow of traffic, adding that there was no evidence of skid mark on the road to confirm that the commercial bus driver suddenly applied brakes before the point of contact.

‘There was no evidence of a speed limiter installed in the commercial bus. There was also no evidence of a passenger manifest to indicate the identities of the passengers and their Next of Kin to be contacted in case of an emergency. The suspected causes of the crash are overloading (goods) and excessive speed leading to loss of control’.

Oladele said, the 14-seater bus was conveying 11 passengers including the driver with a total of 32 large travelling bags which were obviously more than the space provided for luggage (boot), stressing that there was no evidence that the passengers in the bus activated their seat belts as at the time of the crash which compelled the passengers to shift and collide with the luggage inside the vehicle.

He said this collision was responsible for the injuries and deaths of some of the passengers, disclosing that, the commission has commenced legal actions against Iyare Motors for road traffic violation which include; failure to provide a Passenger Manifest ii, failure to install a speed limiter and overloading the vehicle with excessive luggage