According to an eyewitness, three people died (including FRSC officer) in an accident that happened at Guru MaharaJi on Lagos-Ibadan expressway.
Reports say officials of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) caused the accident because they were chasing a truck.
An official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) and a yet-to-be-identified man who was killed by a vehicle in Ibadan, the Oyo state capital.
However, the FRSC has issued a statement.The statement by the Corps Public Education Officer, Bisi Kazeem, stated that a team of FRSC officials who were assigned to monitor and control traffic was approached by a truck driver who intended to make an inquiry from one of the members of the team.
“In the course of the inquiry, a Mercedes Benz ran into the patrol vehicle and in the process killed the arresting Marshal and the other person while they were discussing with the other FRSC Official occupying the driver’s seat who was also seriously affected by the crash.”
– As shared by – @i_amdaslugger ” accident just happened at ibadan express way,when some road safety officers in their vehicle were chasing a benz vehicle with high speed on the highway which caused the death of the driver and a car crash.”
It added that the Sector Commander along with her Management Team inspected the area of the scene to conduct a crash investigation and also to gather information from eyewitnesses.
“From that investigation, it was meticulously gathered that the FRSC Patrol vehicle was not in motion when the incident occurred.
“The seriously injured victim has been since rushed to the hospital for medical attention while the deceased have been taken to the morgue.”
PRESS RELEASE:
IBADAN ROAD TRAFFIC CRASH INVOLVING FRSC PERSONNEL: THE TRUTH ABOUT THE UGLY INCIDENT
The attention of the Federal Road Safety Corps has been drawn to the unfortunate road traffic crash that occurred in Ibadan that claimed the lives of an FRSC staff will