A road accident in Ikhinero community on the Benin-Agbor road in Edo State has claimed the lives of two people and left four others injured. The Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp (FRSC) attributed the accident to overspeeding.
The Edo State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corp, FRSC, Cyril Mathew, has confirmed the death of two persons in a road accident in the state. DAILY POST reports that the Sector Commander said the accident happened at Ikhinero community on the Benin-Agbor road. Mathew said four other passengers in the affected vehicles also sustained various degrees of injuries. The Sector Commander who attributed the accident to overspeeding, said three vehicles were involved in the crash.
According to him, the accident happened around 6:10pm along the Benin-Agbor road by Guinness depot due to speed. 'Six persons including two male adults and four female adults were involved in the accident. Two were killed while four others were injured. 'The injured were rushed to the hospital for treatment while the deceased were deposited at the morgue', he said. He, however, charged motorists to drive safely, obey traffic rules and regulations, avoid night journeys and drunk driving and fasten their seat belts to reach their destinations safely during the yuletide
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