Ten passengers were reported to have sustained injuries on
Sunday in a motor accident at the Bolingo Junction Area 10, Abuja...
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that the accident
involved a commercial bus heading for Ilorin, Kwara State, and a taxi.
Two of the victims, who spoke to NAN at the National
Hospital, Abuja, where they were rushed to, said the accident occurred due to
disregard for traffic rules by the driver of the bus.
They said the driver of the bus which they boarded from Nyanya
to Ilorin was at fault, as he did not obey the traffic lights.
One of the victims, Miss Mary Gambo, a tailor, said she was
on her way to Ilorin to visit her brother.
She said the bus driver was reckless and did not wait for
the taxi driver, who was passed by the green light, to drive through, but ram
into the taxi.
She said the bus driver ought to have waited for the taxi
driver to pass since the bus had been stopped by the traffic light.Corroborating
her statement, Mr. Ahmed Mumuni, another victim, who works as a security guard
at the Federal Polytechnic, Offa, said the driver refused to listen to the
passengers, who pleaded with him to reduce speed. “We saw that the bus driver
was speeding and begged him to be careful, but he refused to heed our pleas.
See where it has landed everyone now,’’ he said.All efforts by NAN to ascertain
the state of the victims, who serious sustained injuries from the National
Hospital proved abortive.The doctor on duty said he was not in a position to
speak on behalf of the hospital.However, a worker, who did not want his name
mentioned, said the victims in coma had been resuscitated, while those injured
were being attended to.At the scene of the incident, officials of the Federal
Road Safety Corps, the Nigeria Police, the Nigerian Army and some private
security guards, who were seen carrying out routine checks, refused to give
official statement.
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