Bayelsa State capital when a Federal Road Safety Commission
(FRSC) patrol van, allegedly pursuing a tricycle, popularly
known as ‘Keke NAPEP’, caused a crash that led to the death of
two pupils.
The Keke driver and another victim, it was learnt, are receiving
treatment at the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.
The accident, it was learnt, occurred at 4.30pm along the busy
Swali Market Road when the victims were returning from school
in the tricycle.
Eyewitnesses told Sunday Vanguard that trouble started when
an attempt by a FRSC patrol team to stop the Keke driver for
alleged traffic violation went awry.
The patrol vehicle was said to have given the tricycle a hot
chase causing the latter to lose control and somersaulted when it
ran into a ditch and flung the victims on the road.
One of the victims reportedly died on the spot while the second
lost the struggle to live in hospital.
The deceased pupils, according to eyewitnesses, were of the
same parents, while the third, said to be their cousin, was
seriously injured.
The officials the FRSC officials, according to eyewitnesses, fled
the scene, a development that sparked peaceful protest from
Keke NAPEP operators in the area.
The aggrieved commercial tricyclists took over the stretch of
Swali Road to Imgbi junction in protest, calling for the
prosecution of the officers involved in the process that led to
the tragic accident.
Contacted, the state FRSC Sector, Commander, Mr. Vincent
Jack, said though he was not in town, he was informed of the
unfortunate incident promising to get to the root of the matter.
But the state police public relations officer, Mr. Alex Akhigbe,
confirmed the tragic incident saying the matter is under
investigation. Source:- www.vanguardngr.com/2014/05/2-siblings-killed-frsc-chases-tricycle-ditch/
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