Family Of Four Killed In Auto Crash

At least four members of the same family
reportedly lost their lives in an auto crash in Akure,
the Ondo State capital Friday when officials of the
Federal Road Safety Commission FRSC allegedly
stopped a vehicle in the middle of the road
abruptly.
The action of the FRSC officials according to
eyewitness account resulted in three vehicles
ramming into one another along the ever busy
Ilesa-Owo expressway in Akure metropolis.
Some irate youths mobilized to the FRSC office
along the road and vandalized it.
Timely intervention of policemen from Ijapo Police
Station prevented the youths from razing down the
office.
Other officials of the Commission who were on
patrol reportedly took to their heels when they saw
the mob approaching them.
The officials of the commission were said to be on
patrol along the express road when the incident
occurred.
The eye witness Taiwo who is a motor dealer
at the Akure Auto mart which is adjacent to
the scene of the crash said that the FRSC
officials stopped the driver of vehicle in the
midst of the road and were checking its
particulars.
An oncoming trailer reportedly lost control and
rammed into the vehicle and compressed it.
A visit to the scene showed that a red Toyota
Corolla car marked Lagos BBG 247 AU was being
moved away from the major road.
In an interview the Head of Operations of the
Commission in the state Mr. Sunday Ajayi, said
none of the occupants of the affected vehicle died.
Ajayi denied that men of the Commission were
responsible for the crash adding that they were on
normal mobile court exercise when the incident
happened.
According to him " two of the injured persons were
recuperating at the Jojein Hospital in the Oke Ijebu
area of Akure while the two others were receiving
treatment at the General Hospital, Akure.
"The attention of our officers who were on mobile
court exercise was called to the accident and they
immediately rushed to the scene.
"However just as they were trying to rescue the
victims, some people mobilised to the scene and
started vandalising our vehicles.
"The mob stormed the scene thinking that we
caused the accident but the situation is calm now
because security men were invited to maintain
peace."