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Bus Driver Kills FRSC Official, Motorist In Ondo
An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps identified as Abdulkareem Ojonla Jimoh has been killed in Ondo State.
Reports had it that the personnel was hit by a driver of an 18-seater passenger bus on the Sagamu-Ore-Benin highway.
Naija News learnt that the driver had lost control of his wheels after the brake of his white Toyota Hiace Bus with registration number NEM 618 AA failed, while driving towards a checkpoint.
The bus is said to have also ran over a motorist whose papers were being examined by road safety authorities.
Confirming the incident, the FRSC’s commander of the Sagamu-Benin corridor, Lasisi Ogundele, told reporters that the incident occurred a few meters from the Ajebandele bridge before the military checkpoint.
Ogundele said the marshal was seriously injured and lost his life on the way to the hospital.
He added that the motorist whose papers were been checked also sustained serious injury and was rushed to the General Hospital Ore where he also lost his life.
The commander explained further that the incident has been reported to the police, and the deceaseds’ have been deposited at a morgue in Ore, Odigbo Local Government Area of the state.
Meanwhile, at least three people have died in an auto crash on Monday morning at the Viniklang junction, in Adamawa State.
The accident which happened a little distance away from Jimeta bridge, involved a Truck loaded with grains, Naija News reports.
Two of the victims were reportedly riding on a motorcycle while the other was trying to cross the road when the truck rammed into them and crushed them to death.
The disturbing accident caused chaos in the area as irate youths took over the highway to protest the killings.
They mob are said to have blocked the highway demanding justice, claiming that the articulated vehicle was speeding down the slope of the Bajabure industrial complex hill when it crushed the three men at the Viniklang junction.
The irate youths were planning to burn the truck involved before the timely arrival of security personnel, Naija News reports.
