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  • [Video/Photos] Two dead, others injured in Lagos train accident

    At least two persons have been confirmed dead and one injured after a train averted a collision with an abandoned commercial bus.

    The incident occurred Friday morning at Pen Cinema, Agege, Lagos Mainland.

    It was gathered that the three victims were sitting atop the train when it veered upon sighting the bus from afar.

    Witnesses said the deceased fell on the rail line and was shredded by the moving train, while the other two fell by the bus, losing some body parts.

    The train was said to have continued its journey, oblivious of the casualties.

    Confirming the incident, the General Manager, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA), Adesina Tiamiyu, who was at the scene, said the wreckage of the bus had been removed.

    According to him, the Agency received a distress call on Friday morning about 8.57 via the emergency toll-free number that a passenger train collided with a parked commercial bus forcing the three of the hanging passengers to fall off the moving train by crossing at Pen Cinema linking Iju Road.

    The LASEMA GM confirmed that one adult sustained injuries and was transferred to LASUTH. However, two other adult male lost their lives and has been taken to a nearby mortuary by the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit SHEMU.

    The agency said other responders includes operatives of the Nigeria Police force (Railway police division), LASAMBUS, LASTMA, Civil Defence Corps, RRS, LASG Task force, LASG fire service ( AGEGE division), NAF, OPS MESA , and VIO.

    Tiamiyu, however, advised that the overall safety measures must be put in place before boarding train. He also advised passengers to desist from hanging on moving trains to avoid unnecessary loss of lives in the state.

     

  • 20 burnt to death in Ondo road accident

    No fewer than 20 people reportedly lost their lives while others sustained injuries in a road accident which occurred on Epinmi-Isua Akoko Road, in the Akoko South-East Local Government Area of Ondo State on Tuesday.

    According to reports the vehicles involved had a head-on collision on the road.

    An eyewitness, who declined to be named, said 14-passengers Toyota bus collided with a Range Rover.

    It was also leant that after the collision, the two vehicles caught fire which consumed some occupants of the vehicles.

    The eyewitness said, “One of the vehicles was overtaking another vehicle on the road when it collided with another vehicle coming from the opposite direction.”

    He also explained that the drivers of the two vehicles survived the accident with injuries, adding that they were receiving treatment at the hospital.

    It was further gathered that the men of Federal Road Safety Corps in Ikare Akoko rushed to the scene of the accident and coordinate the rescue operation.

    They reportedly deposited the corpses of the victims at the morgue of the Ondo State Specialist Hospital in Ikare Akoko.

    The Public Relations Officer of the FRSC, Ondo Sector Command, Mrs Antonia Oni, said she could not confirm the accident because she was away on an official duty.

    But the Police Public Relations Officer of the state police command, Mr Femi Joseph, confirmed the incident, adding that the accident occurred as a result of reckless driving on the part of the drivers of the vehicles involved.

    He said, “It was a sad incident, 15 people initially died in the fire, they were burnt beyond recognition, while five others died on the way to a hospital.

    “We can also confirm that the accident occurred as a result of reckless driving.”

  • Nigeria records 2,598 deaths from road accidents in six months – NBS

    No fewer than 2,598 Nigerians died in road accidents between October, 2017 and March, 2018, according to the National Bureau of Statistics (NBS).

    The NBS disclosed this in the Road Transport Data for 4th quarter, 2017 and 1st quarter, 2018, posted on its website.

    The breakdown showed that 1, 306 Nigerians died in road accidents in the fourth quarter of 2017 while 1, 292 people died in accident in the first quarter of 2018.

    The figure, however, showed a decline in road accidents in the country.

    According to the data, 2,489 road accidents occurred in the fourth quarter of last year while 2,482 accidents were recorded in the first quarter of this year.

    The bureau attributed the major cause of road crashes in the first quarter to speed violation as it accounted for 50.81 per cent of the total road accidents reported.

    It stated that tyre burst and dangerous driving followed closely as they both accounted for 8.26 per cent and 8.42 per cent respectively of the total number of road accidents recorded.

    The report said that in the fourth quarter of 2017 also, speed limit violation was the major cause of road crashes and accounted for 45.08 per cent of the total road crashes in the period.

    It stated that loss of control and dangerous driving by motorists represented 10.08 per cent of crashes recorded in the period under review.

    The report further revealed that a total of 15, 815 Nigerians sustained varied degrees of injuries in road accidents during the six months period.

    It also indicated that 8,466 Nigerians got injured in the accidents in first quarter while 7, 349 injury cases were recorded in the fourth quarter of 2017.

    For the first quarter, it reported that 7,773 of the 8,466 injured Nigerians, representing 92 per cent were adults while the remaining 693, representing eight per cent were children.

    Further analysis showed that 6,394 (76 per cent) of the injured Nigerians were male while 2,072 (24 per cent) were female.

    For the fourth quarter of 2017, the report revealed that 6,855 (93 per cent) of the 7,349 Nigerians that got injured were adults, while the remaining 494 (seven per cent) were children.

    It also showed that 5,366 male, representing 73 per cent were injured during the quarter, while 1,983 female, representing 27 per cent got injured within the period.

    In addition, the report showed that the number of national drivers’ licenses produced in the first quarter increased to 223, 107 from the 214, 256 produced in the fourth quarter, 2017.

    “Lagos and FCT produced the highest number of drivers’ licenses in both quarters,’’ it said.

    It said Ekiti and Kebbi States produced the least number of national drivers’ license in the first quarter.

    According the report, Zamfara and Kebbi states produced the least numbers of licenses within the same period.

  • Gov. Aregbesola rescues 8 accident victims

    Gov. Aregbesola rescues 8 accident victims

    No fewer than eight people, who sustained various degrees of injuries in a road accident on the Gbongan-Ibadan Road on Tuesday, were rescued by the convoy of Gov. Rauf Aregbesola.

    The victims were market women coming from the popular Owode market in Ede, when the accident occured at about 1.30 pm which involved a mini commercial bus with registration number RLG 556 XA and a Honda car marked AKD 895 CJ.

    The commercial bus, it was learnt, had somersaulted after it collided with the car.

    Aregbesola, whose convoy had arrived at the scene of the accident, alighted from his vehicle to join the rescue efforts.

    The governor, who was in company with his Commissioner for Health, immediately called for an ambulance to take the victims to the hospital.

    He also ensured that the two vehicles involved were removed from the road to ensure free flow of traffic before leaving the scene of the accident.

    An eyewitness told NAN that the driver of the Honda car was on top speed without foreknowledge of the speed breaker in front.

    The eyewitness said immediately the driver saw the speed breaker, he applied the brake, forcing his car to swerve off his lane and colliding with the commercial bus.

    While all the eight market women in the commercial bus sustained various degrees of injuries, the driver of the car came out unhurt.

  • Four police cadets, two others die in accident on Kano-Kaduna Expressway

    Four police cadets, two others die in accident on Kano-Kaduna Expressway

    At least six people including four police cadets have been killed in a ghastly motor accident on Kano-Kaduna Expressway on Sunday.

    Confirming the incident in Zaria, Kaduna State, the Unit Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Zaria, Mr Muktar Zubairu described the incident as unfortunate and pathetic.

    He said the accident involving two vehicles; a J5 bus with registration number: KMC 274 YW and Golf which was burnt to ashes occurred around Kwanar Likoro close to Tashar Yari.

    According to him, the two vehicles had a head-on-collision and subsequently burst into flames due to presence of a generating machine inside one of the vehicles.

    He attributed the cause of the accident to ongoing road rehabilitation on Zaria-Kano road that forced motorists to use one lane, thereby leading to series of accidents.

    Zubairu cautioned motorists against overspending and reckless driving to save the lives of Nigerians, assuring that live has no replica, hence the need to holistically safeguard it.

    The unit commander identified causes of accidents on Nigerian roads to overspending, dangerous overtaking, overloading, use of tokumbo tyres, reckless driving, phone calls and disregard for traffic rules and regulations among others.

    In his comment, a representative of AIG, DSP Rufa’i Suleiman said that all the late policemen were in their 400 level from Police Academy Wudil.

    He said the deceased cadets, three males and a female were on their way to Zaria, Kaduna State from Wudil in Kano State for a break.

    The AIG pleaded with the parents of the deceased to take heart and accept the will of Allah (SWT) in good faith.

    NAN reports that funeral prayer for the late policemen was conducted at Masallacin Danja at Tudun Wada, Zaria and buried at Dambo cemetery.

  • IK Osakioduwa escapes death in auto crash

    Renowned media personality, IK Osakioduwa escaped unhurt as his vehicle almost collided with a truck on Thursday, 29th of March 2018.

    Osakioduwa took to his Twitter handle to recount how it happened.

    In his words:” God just saved me from what would have been a terrible accident. While waiting at a stop light I noticed a speeding truck that didn’t seem to be slowing down. Even though the light was red I maneuvered to the front of the car on my right. I got out of the way in time. Unfortunately, the truck still crashed into the car that was on my left, sending it right across the intersection. It also hit a car that was coming from the opposite side. Thank God for his mercy and protection. I believe everyone walked away with their lives.”

    Recall that Nigerian soul singer, Ric Hassani escaped a ghastly auto crash in 2017.

    According to his publicist, Ric Hassani was on his way from an event when he had the accident at Lekki. Thankfully, he did not sustain any major injuries only minor cuts and bruises.

     

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  • Obaseki visits accident victims, takes responsibility of 5-year-old cancer treatment

    Edo State Governor, Mr. Godwin Obaseki, has visited and offset medical bills of persons who suffered various degrees of injuries, in a road accident involving a bus attached to the Governor’s Press Unit and two vehicles, in Ugbowo area of Benin City.

    Some of the victims are admitted and receiving medical care at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital (UBTH), Benin City.

    The governor, during the visit, learnt that one of the victims, Freeman Okoro, a five-year-old, was a cancer patient and had come for chemotherapy session at UBTH before the unfortunate incident.

    On learning of his condition, the governor pledged to take responsibility of his cancer treatment and also offset the bill of Freeman’s cousin, who had been held in the hospital for his inability to pay for his treatment.

    Governor Obaseki said, “I came to see the condition of the victims of the accident myself. Just as we have promised on the day of the accident when the victims were admitted. The state government has taken full responsibility of their medical bills.

    “We will also make sure we follow up with the full recovery of those who are still being treated for injuries from the accident.”

    Consultant General and Coordinator, Accident and Emergency Department, UBTH, Dr. Nnadi Nwashile, said, “The patients are in stable condition. Six persons in the bus were treated and discharged on the day of the accident.”

    He added, “The two patients in the hospital are Mrs. Mary Okoro and her son, Freeman Okoro, who are being treated. Mrs. Okoro sustained a fracture on her upper arm and is being attended to by an Orthopaedic doctor. The son will be discharged soon.”

    The accident, which occurred on Wednesday, involved a vehicle attached to the Governor’s Press Unit and two other vehicles. No life was lost.

     

  • 4 die as Lexus Jeep, commercial bus collide in Lagos

    The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) on Sunday said that four people died as a Lexus Jeep plying one way rammed into a commercial bus on Lekki/Epe Expressway.

    The General Manager of LASEMA, Mr Adesina Tiamiyu, said in a statement in Lagos that the accident happened at the First Gate inward Oriental Hotel, along Lekki/ Epe Expressway.

    Tiamiyu said that the agency was alerted at about 6.49am on a distress call via the emergency toll free line 112/767 regarding the accident.

    He said that this prompted the immediate activation of the agency’s Response Team, other emergency responders and the security operatives to the scene of the incident.

    According to him, investigation carried out by the agency’s Response Team at the scene of the incident reveals that a Lexus Jeep GX470 with registration number KJA-615DF was plying one way.

    ”The Lexus Jeep ran into a commercial bus (KRE-302XA) that was just cleared by the ticketing officers at the toll gate.

    ”A total of four fatalities were recorded which includes three adult male and an adult female.

    ”Sixteen casualties with severe injuries were recorded, including four adult female and 12 adult male. The driver of the jeep was transported to the General Hospital, Marina.

    ”The LASEMA Response Team alongside LASAMBUS, RRS, Nigeria Police Force, State Environmental Monitoring Unit (SEHMU) and LCCI were responders present at the scene of the incident,” he said.

    Tiamiyu said that emergency/security operatives were involved in traffic management measures to forestall the occurrence of a secondary accident and crowd control.

    He said that the operatives gave medical care to the casualties and subsequently moved them down to the General Hospital at Marina and Trauma Centre, at Toll Gate for further treatments.

    According to him, the two adult male who died at the scene were subsequently handed over to the Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit (SEHMU), while the remaining two, an adult male and an adult female, were later confirmed dead.

    Mr Adesina said that the accidented vehicles were recovered off the road with the aid of the agency’s light tow truck and subsequently handed over to the Lekki Concession Company Ltd (LCC) officials, who moved them down to Maroko Police station.

    He, therefore, advised motorists to always endeavour to drive with caution when driving on highways.

    The general manager urged motorists to abstain from drinking alcohol before driving, as well as ensure road worthiness of vehicles before embarking on journeys to avoid unecessary loss of lives.

    Tiamiyu said that the Lekki incident would be further investigated by the security operatives, while the state government would also ensure prosecution of the culprit to serve as deterrence of errant motorists.

  • 2 kids die, 98 injured in school bus accident in Jos

    Two pupils of Our Lady of Fatima School, Kuru, near Jos in Plateau, lost their lives in an accident involving their school bus on Monday.

    According to a report by the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), an official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) at the site of the incident, confirmed that the early morning accident, which occurred around Mararaba-Jama’a road, was as a result of brake failure.

    “A total of 10o children and seven staff were in the bus; two children were killed instantly, while those injured have been taken to hospitals,” the official said.

    According to the official, one boy and one girl lost their lives.

    He added that 18 kids were taken to Our Lady of Fatima Hospital, Jos, 76 to the Plateau Specialist Hospital, Jos while four others were rushed to Bukuru Specialist Hospital.

    Meanwhile, Gov. Simon Lalong has visited some of the injured children taken to Plateau Specialist Hospital.

    Lalong, who visited the children on their individual beds, spoke to them in whispers, urging them to be strong.

    Mr Yakub Dati, the Commissioner for Information and Communication, later told NAN that the governor had promised to pay the medical bills of those involved in the accident.

  • 10 die in road accident in Jigawa

    Ten people died and 10 others were seriously injured in a road accident which occurred around 11.30 a.m. on Thursday in Majiya town, Taura Local Government Area of Jigawa.

    Adamu Shehu, the spokesman of Jigawa Command of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria in Dutse on Thursday.

    He said the accident involved a Sharon bus with registration number GWL 262 ZA and a Toyota Hilux van with number plate ZY 749 AGL.

    Shehu said the cause of the accident is yet to be ascertained.

    He however said: ‘‘our men who conducted a rescue mission along with some good Samaritans in the area, attributed the cause to speeding and loss of control.

    The spokesperson noted that rain showers were recorded in the area.

    ‘‘As at the time of giving this report, 10 people were confirmed dead; they include two children, one woman and seven men.

    ‘‘Ten others also sustained serious injuries and were rushed to Ringim General Hospital for prompt medical attention.

    ‘‘The Sharon bus is a commercial vehicle while the Toyota Hilux belongs to Wazobia Global Broadcasting and Communication FM Station,’’ he said.