15 CORPSES RECOVERED FROM OMI RIVER TODAY AFTER A FATAL CRASH ALONG THE IBADAN-IJEBU ODE ROAD.{PHOTOS}.#PRESS RELEASE.

    REPORT OF A FATAL TRAFFIC CRASH  FROM FRSC OGUN STATE BY OMI RIVER ALONG THE IBADAN - IJEBU ODE ROAD


A FATAL CRASH INVOLVING A WHITE COLOURED MISTIBUSHI  CANTER  TRUCK WITH REGISTRATION NUMBER XE331MKA  OVELOADED WITH PASSENGERS  TRAVELLING FROM SOKOTO OCCURED AT THE  OMI RIVER, AJEGUNLE BRIDGE ALONG THE  IBADAN - IJEBU ODE HIGHWAY AT THE EARLY HOURS OF THIS MORNING. TUESDAY 28 JANUARY 2020

RESCUE OPERATIVES LED BY THE FRSC UNIT COMMANDER  IJEBU ODE AND  FRSC RESCUE OPERATORS FROM THE FRSC AGO IWOYE OUTPOST COMMAND WERE QUICKLY  MOBILIZED TO THE SCENE..

RESCUE OPERATIONS IS STILL ONGOING 
HOWEVER 15 CORPSES ALL MALE ADULTS OUT OF THE PASSENGERS CRAMED INTO THE CANTER MINI TRUCK  HAVE BEEN RECOVERED FROM UNDER THE BRIDGE FROM THE  DRIED OMI RIVER

SO FAR THIRTY  EIGHT PASSENGERS IN THE MINI TRUCK SUSTAINED VARIOUS DEGREES OF INJURIES AND RESCUED TO THE STATE HOSPITAL IJEBU ODE

FOR MEDICAL TREATMENT 

THE CORPSES OF THE DEAD VICTIMS HAVE BEEN EVACUATED TO SABO IN IJEBU ODE WITH THE SARKI HAUSAWA MAKING ARRANGEMENTS WITH THE POLICE FOR MASS BURIAL OF THE DEAD VICTIMS 

THE SUSPECTED CAUSE OF THE CRASH IS FATIGUE

AS THE VEHICLE  VEERED OFF THE ROAD AND CRASHED INTO THE DRIED OMI    RIVER ALONG THE IBADAN- IJEBU ODE  ROAD

THE OMI RIVER HAS A NARROW BRIDGE BEREFT OF SAFETY GUARD RAILINGS 

RESCUE EVACUATION WAS MADE EASIER AS THE RIVER HAD DRIED UP 

 

THE SECTOR COMMANDER FRSC OGUN STATE COMMAND CLEMENT OLADELE HAS COMMISORATED  WITH THE VICTIMS AND  ADVISED PASSENGERS TO DESIST FROM BOARDING GOODS - ONLY VEHICLES WHICH BY THEIR CONFIGURATIONS ARE NOT DESIGNED FOR TRANSPORTING PASSENGERS BUT ONLY GOODS AND SUCH GOODS - ONLY TRUCKS  OPEN COMPARTMENT NATURE WITHOUT COMFORTABLE  SEATS OR MERE WOODEN SEATS ARE NOT SUITABLE FOR PASSENGERS SAFETY 

THE SECTOR COMMANDER ALSO ADVISED FAMILIES OF THE VICTIMS TO CONTACT THE FRSC COMMAND IN AGO IWOYE OR IJEBU ODE FOR DETAILS OF THE CRASH   

SIGNED 

SUPERINTENDENT ROUTE COMMANDER FLORENCE OKPE

PUBLIC EDUCATION OFFICER FEDERAL ROAD SAFETY CORPS OGUN STATE COMMAND

FOR : SECTOR COMMANDER FRSC OGUN STATE.

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