FRSC Official Killed at Car Crash Site

A regular marshal of the Federal Road Safety Corps, Olasoji Olaleye, was on Sunday killed by a passenger luxury bus around the Ososa River in Odogbolu Local Government Area of Ogun State while controlling traffic in a rescue operation following an earlier accident.

Olaleye was said to have been thrown into the river by the impact of the speeding bus heading towards Lagos.

An eyewitness, who pleaded anonymity, said the FRSC official was on the bridge controlling the towing of some vehicles involved in an earlier accident before he was killed.

“He was directing vehicles coming from Ijebu Ode to pass through the opposite lane alongside other security agents before the luxury bus driver, who was at a high speed, hit him and he fell into the river,” the eyewitness said.

The Ogun State Sector Commander of the FRSC, Mr. Ayobami Omiyale lamented the the killing, saying “it is shocking and sad”.

“How can a man called to come and save lives lose his own life in the discharge of official duties?This is sad and terrible,” Omiyale said.

The FRSC chief described the incident as “the highest level of sacrifice that anyone could make for the betterment of his fatherland”.

The Divisional Police Officer of Obalende, Ijebu Ode, Mr. ThankGod Obijiaku, said the luxury bus driver earlier attempted to knock down a policeman before killing the FRSC official.

Obijiaku said the luxury bus driver had defied orders to stop before he killed the FRSC official.

The DPO added that the driver, who was saved from being lynched by a mob, had been detained by the police.

The Ijebu Zonal Commander of the Ogun State Traffic Compliance and Enforcement Agency, Mr. Hamsat Tommy, said the accident which occurred before the road safety marshal was called in to control the traffic, happened at the Ososa Bridge around 6.57am.

Source: Punch