The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Anambra State says an accident involving two vehicles at Zone-13 occurred on Saturday on Onitsha-Nteje-Awka road in which a male and female adults died.
The Sector Commander of the corps, Mrs Joyce Alexander, who confirmed the accident to newsmen in Awka on Saturday, said that the accident could be attributed to brake failure and loss of control.
She said that the accident involved an unidentified driver of a car marked UWN531AS and a driver identified as Sani Bappa with a tanker registered ADM619XA.
“According to eyewitness, the brake of the car failed, the driver lost control of the vehicle and rammed into the tanker.
“Four persons, including three male adults and a female adult were involved in the accident.
“One female adult and one male adult died, one injured while another male adults was rescued unhurt.
“Before the arrival of the FRSC rescue team, the remains of the dead had been taken to the mortuary and the two vehicles towed away from the road,” she said.
While sympathising with the families of the dead, the sector commander warned motorists to desist from disobeying traffic rules and urged them to ensure that “vehicles are serviced regularly”.
Meanwhile, one person died while 10 others sustained various degrees of injuries in an accident involving a Mazda bus at the Saapade bridge on the Lagos-Ibadan expressway on Saturday.
Mrs Florence Okpe, the spokesperson of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Ogun State, confirmed the incident in a statement in Abeokuta.
According to her, the accident occurred at 2:58 p.m and it involved a white Mazda Bus with registration number GGE 858 XY.
Okpe stated that the accident was caused by excessive speed, tyre burst and loss of control.
“A total number of 17 people were involved, comprising eight men, seven women and two children.
“Unfortunately, one woman died while 10 people —- two men, six women and two children —- sustained injuries,” she said.
Okpe explained further that the injured victims were taken to Patmag Hospital at Ogere for medical attention while the deceased was deposited at the FOS Morgue at Ipara.
Meanwhile, the Ogun Sector Commander of FRSC, Akinwumi Fasakin, in the same statement, advised motorists to always pay more attention to their tyres by checking the expiration date.
He stated that the situation of a tyre bursting while on a controlled speed would have been handled better.
