Thirty persons last week lost their lives to motor accidents in Kwara State.
The sector commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps in the state, Frederick Ogidan disclosed this in Ilorin, the state capital on Thursday.
Ogidan spoke with newsmen at the sidelines of the launch of this year’s ember months campaign and mega rally in Ilorin. “There were three separate incidents. One involved four casualties, another accident involved nine casualties and the last one claimed 16 persons. All died in the process. “Most of them were actually multiple accidents with the last one happening on the weekend along the Ilorin/Jenna/Ogbomoso highway”, he added.The FRSC boss enjoined motorists to avoid overspeeding, overloading and use of unsafe tyres to reduce accidents on the high ways.