Eid-el-Kabir: 10 die in lone crash in Kwara

Date: 2021-07-22

The Kwara Command of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of 10 persons in a lone crash in the state.

The FRSC Sector Commander, Mr Jonathan Owoade, confirmed the incident to the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Ilorin on Tuesday.

He said that the accident involved a black commercial Toyota Hiace bus with vehicle registration number LND 742 XK.

Owoade said the accident occured on Oko Olowo/Oloru road at Iyemoja on the outskirts of Ilorin, the state capital, adding that the crash was as a result of speed violation.

"The Olooru Unit Command of the FRSC received a call at around 3:50pm today about a crash which occurred at Iyemoja on Oko Olowo-Olooru road axis.

"The crash was a lone fatal one involving a black commercial Toyota Hiace bus with vehicle registration number LND 742XK. "18 persons were involved and unfortunately 10 of them lost their lives and eight other person's injured.

"The cause of the crash was as a result of speed violation," he said.

The sector commander said the rescue team of the FRSC had taken the injured persons to Ayo Hospital Okolowo and the General Hospital Ilorin, while the corpses have been deposited at the morgue in the general hospital.

He said the obstruction caused by the crash had been cleared with the assistance of the Nigeria Police Force.

Owoade warned motorists against violating road safety guidelines, adding that the resultant effect of over speeding was road traffic crash.

He advised road users especially travellers to take caution and exercise patience while on the road.

"Slow and steady wins the race. The prayer of every traveller is to reach their destination, it does not matter how long it takes.

"Speed violation, fatigue driving and disrespect for traffic rules can cut such expectations short.

"May we not die untimely by our own hands," the sector commander said.

(NAN)

 

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Issa Manzuma     Owode Market     Yakub Ali-Agan     Hydroelectric Power Producing Areas Development Commission     Ilorin Central Mosque     Doyin Awoyale     KSIRS     Umar Adelodun     Ilorin Airport     Gambari     Dorcas Afeniforo     Oke-Ode     Folaranmi Aro     Mary Arinde     ITEM 7     Raliat AbdulRazaq     Olubukola Kifayat Adedeji     Wahab Femi Agbaje     Jawondo     Bola Olukoju     Atiku     Rafiu Ajakaye     April 11     New Model Police Station     Federal Neuro-Psychiatric Hospital     Abdullahi Biffo     Abdullateef Abdussalam     Omotoso     COVID-19 Palliatives     Moshood Bakare     Valsolar Consultoria     Adamu Attah     Tsaragi/Share     Yaru     TETFUND     Ramat Oganija     Lanre Jimoh     Najim Yaasin     Christopher Tunji Ayeni     NAWOJ     Idris Garuba     AbdulRaheem Ahmad Shayi     Kanu Agabi     Kwara TV     Moses Rahman Popoola     Ilorin West/Asa Federal Constituency     Is\'haq Modibbo Kawu     S.O. Opowoye     Mahee Abdulkadir     Saudat Abdulbaqi     Alaaya     Saheed Alakoso     Kwara Consultative Forum     Kwara Restoration Project     Belgore     Moshood Kashimawo Abiola     Abdulrauf Yusuf     Al-Hikmah Radio     3MTT     Titus Ashaolu     Undergraduate Bursary     Nupe     Henry Olaosebikan     Patigi Regatta     Danladi     Oba-Solagberu     Asa     Yakub Lai Gobir     Osuwa     David Oyerinola Adedunmoye     Saka Balikis Kehinde     Yusuf Lanre Badmas     Halimah Perogi     Kehinde Baale     Ishola Moses Abiodun     Mutawali Of Ilorin     Ajikobi    

Cloud Tag: What's trending

Click on a word/phrase to read more about it.

Muhammad Toyin Sanusi     Niyi Ogundiran     Ekiti     Olatunde Olukoya     Basit Olatunji     Ajase-Ipo     Muslim Stakeholders Of Kwara State     Isa Aremu     Jaiz Bank     Sambo Murtala     SGBN     VADA     Elerin Of Erin-Ile     Kamaldeen Ajibade     Kwara-SAPZ Project     Abatemi Usman     Muideen Olaniyi Alalade     Peculiar Allowance     Fulani     Guber Aspirant     Aisha Abodunrin Ibrahim     National Union Of Road Transport Workers     Nigeria Association Of Women Journalists     Bayo Onimago     Okanlawon Taiwo     Ahman Pategi     IYA YUSUF     Muazam Nayaya     Idowu Laro     Magaji Erubu     Oke-Ogun     Yahaya Dumoye     Segun Abifarin     Offa     Asiwaju Bola Tinubu     Sheikh Alimi     Agbarigidoma     Oba Abdulkadir La\'aro     Ayedun     Dar-Al-Handasah Consultants     Bankole Omishore     Olupako Of Share     Illyasu Abdullahi     Ibrahim Gambari     Kola Olota     Danhawa     College Of Arabic And Islamic Legal Studies     Sa\'ad Alanamu     Alikinla     Dan Iya     A.E. Afolabi     Katibi Ibraheem Adeola     KWACOBPA     Esinrogunjo     Funmilayo Braithwaite     Aliyu Olatunji Ajanaku     Modupe Oluwole     Saidu Isa     Abdulquawiy Olododo     SARS     Ayobola Ipinlaiye     Saad Belgore     Kwabes     Ridhwanullah Al-Ilory     Suleiman Yahya Alapansapa     Yemi Sanni     Okiki     Wahab Abayawo     Abdulrahman Abdulrazak     Abdulmumini Sanni Jawondo     Geri-Alimi Split Diamond Interchange     Ubandoma     Afonja     Abdulsalam A. Yusuf     Doyin Agbamu     Post Utme     Raheem Adaramaja