A Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) officer attached to Ughelli Unit, who is yet to be identified has been crushed to death, while others sustained injures in a road accident along East/West road at Ekrerhavwe-Agbarho junction, Ughelli North Local Government Area of Delta State.
A source who spoke on condition of anonymity said; “the FRSC officers were on patrol when a blue Toyota Camry with registration no: AGL 405 GJ coming from Warri end rammed into their stationed van with registration no: A0/1-882 RS and killed one of the officers and injured two others”.
The source further disclosed that “the vehicle of the Road Safety Officers was cut into two parts due to impact of the crash due largely to the excessive speed of the driver of the ill-fated Camry.”
The corpse of the officer has been deposited at the morgue, it was gathered.
A Medical officer told journalists that “One of the men was brought in dead and we have to deposit his corpse at the mortuary. Another was attended to, while the third officer was rushed to a private hospital for proper medical attention”.
When contacted, the FRSC Unit Commander of Ughelli was so distraught over the accident to speak to journalists.
However, a senior officer of the corps said, “Our madam is not her right frame of mind and she cannot speak with you guys right now because she is not also authorized to do so.
The officer said, “The Toyota Camry coming from Warri rammed into our vehicle and one of our officers was killed in the process and two others were rushed to Central Hospital Ughelli and Ufor Hospital for medical attention.
“We cannot give out the name of the officer that was killed because we are yet to inform his family and you can get more details from the state headquarters and not from here,” he added.
Lamenting over the gruesome killing of the FRSC, Dr Joel Ejutememuh, President of Urhobo Youth Vision said; “our officers should be very cautious while discharging their duties. They should be safety cautious about their own lives while protecting road users. And road users should be careful and obey traffic rules.
“A similar situation almost happened at Orerokpe where a driver would have killed a Road Safety Officer if not God. They must be careful in discharging their duties.”
(Advocate.ng)