FRSC captures BUA driver who crushed six people to death in Kaduna
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says it arrested a BUA company driver who crushed six people to death and 30 others injured on the Kano-Zaria road.
The sector commander, Kabir Nadabo, confirmed the incident on Friday in Kaduna.
Mr Nadabo said the cause of the accident was overloading and dangerous driving.
He disclosed that the road crash occurred on Thursday, saying, ” A trailer driver conveying bags of rice from Kano to Warri in Delta had a lone accident at Wambai along the Kano-Zaria Highway.”
He said that preliminary investigation revealed that the trailer was at a dangerous speed and had resulted in a crash, which resulted in the death of the deceased.
Mr Nadabo further said that the investigation indicated that the trailer was carrying 57 people, out of which six died while 30 got injured.
“Apparently, the driver lost control of the vehicle due to high speed, and the injured were conveyed to Makarfi General Hospital for further treatment,” he said.
Mr Nadabo stated further that FRSC had, on February 24, inaugurated its Joint Special Task Force on Overloading of Goods, Humans and Animals, with other agencies like the Police, NSCDC, FRSC and KASTLEA.
He said, “The corps marshal of FRSC, Dauda Biu, had tasked the Kaduna State Command to work with various security agencies as well as stakeholders. This is to ensure drivers overloading their vehicles with goods, humans and animals are stopped, enlightened and cautioned on the dangers inherent in the act.
“The Joint operation recorded numerous successes with the apprehension of 67 trailers, 1,807 passengers dropped and made to continue their journeys with alternative vehicles.”
Mr Nadabo disclosed that the exercise didn’t record any crash during the operations except on March 4, when a trailer rammed into a Golf saloon car at Abakpa along the Kaduna-Abuja Expressway, killing five people.
Mr Nadabo said that FRSC, as the lead agency in traffic management and road administration, would continue to engage all the relevant stakeholders in sensitizing drivers to the dangers of overloading and night driving.
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