FRSC officer crushed to death, two others in critical condition following a road accident in Delta

By Akpos Oghenetega,

A Federal Road Safety Corps, (FRSC) officer attached to the Ughelli Unit, who is yet to be identified has been crushed to death, while many others sustained injures in Ughelli North local government area of Delta State.

Advocate.ng gathered that the incident occurred along the ever-busy East/West road at Ekrerhavwe-Agbarho junction while the officer was on official duty.

A source who spoke to us in confidence said; “the FRSC officers were on patrol when a blue Toyota Camry with red no: AGL 405 GJ which was coming from Warri end rammed into their stationed van with reg 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 duly largely to the excessive speed of driver of the ill-fated Camry.”

When newsmen visited Ughelli Central Hospital, the corpse of the officers has been deposited at the morgue.

A Medical officer who spoke to Advocate.ng off record, said: “One of the men was brought in dead and we have to deposit his corpse at the mortuary, one other was attended to and the other was rushed to a private hospital for proper medical attention.

When contacted, the FRSC Unit Commander of Ughelli, demanded to know where the journalists came from before she would speak, adding that, “you can write anything you want, it is not my business,” She said.

Another senior officer who spoke said, “Our madam is not her right frame of mind and she cannot speak with you guys right now because she is not authorized to do so.

He 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.”