By Correspondent in Lokoja.
At least 17 passengers escaped death during a motor accident in Kogi on Friday night and two died according to Corps Commander Stephen Dawulung, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in kogi state.
Dawulung,who confirmed the incident in Lokoja on said the accident happened at Apamaru village before Gada Biu on Lokoja-Obajana-Kabba road when a bus rammed into a parked articulated vehicle.
He added that two persons lost their lives while another victim person who was seriously injured, was rushed to Federal Medical Centre (FMC), Lokoja for medical attention.
The Sector Commander attributed the cause of the accident to high speed and poor visibility due to the time it occurred.
“This is part of reasons we keep preaching to motorists to avoid night journey not to endanger their lives and those of their passengers at risk.
“That incident would have been avoided,if the driver had not embarked on that journey in the night, knowing well that his bus had poor lighting system.
“But we give God the glory that 17 out of the 19 persons involved in the accident survived.
“While I sympathise with families of the deceased, I wish to advise drivers to avoid night travel, because visibility is normally poor at night.
“Besides, drivers are also most likely to be under fatigue and sleepy at night and yet drive on top speed because to them,roads are relatively freer of traffic in the night,” he said.
Dawulung said that drivers must, therefore, adhere to stipulated speed limits and observe minimum of 30 minutes rest after every four hours drive to avoid fatigue and sleep while driving.
He said that passengers should also understand that night journey could expose them to higher risk of being involved in an autocrash and should try and avoid it.
According to him, the remains of the dead had been deposited in the mortuary.
Edited by Dada Ahmed.
