FRSC reacts to Niger trailer crash involving 229 persons + photos

FRSC reacts to Niger trailer crash involving 229 persons + photos

‘Stop moving people with trucks’

Corps Marshal, Federal Road Safety Corps, Dauda Biu, has warned drivers of trailers and other heavy duty vehicles to desist from conveying passengers due to the danger it poses to the lives of those being moved and other road users.

He was reacting to a fatal truck crash that occured at Takalafia village on the Yawuri expressway, Magama Local Government of Niger State, on Tuesday November 21, 2023.

A statement issued on Wednesday by Bisi Kazeem, Deputy Corps Marshal of the Corps Public Education Officer said the lone crash at exactly 0300HRS involved a total of 229 people, comprising of 220 male adults, four female adults, and five male children.

“From that number, 206 male adults, one female adult and one male child were rescued with different degrees of injuries, while a total of 17 male adults were killed by the crash.

“The crash which involved a red coloured commercial DAF Trailer with registration number SRZ446XA driven by Mr Idi Doba, was caused by speed violation which resulted to loss of control,” it stated.

It added that the Corps Marshal who was deeply saddened by the crash, lamented the incessant violation of established traffic rules.

Even as he prayed for the souls of the victims to rest in peace, Biu said the personnel of the Corps had completed evacuation of every obstruction caused as a result of the crash.

The injured victims were evacuated to Kantagora General Hospital for immediate medical attention, while the dead victims were deposited in the mortuary of the same hospital, the FRSC boss stated.