The Federal Road Safety Corps, on Friday, said 84 persons were killed in 131 road traffic crashes nationwide during this year’s Easter celebration....CONTINUE READING THE FULL ARTICLE>>>
Bisi Kazeem, FRSC spokesman, in a statement, said 857 persons were involved in those crashes involving 213 vehicles.
According to him, the vehicles included 15 tanker/trailers, 28 trucks, 40 buses, 85 cars, 35 motorcycles, five tricycles and five pickups, adding that
36 of the crashes were fatal, 72, serious and 23, minor.
He added that 84 persons were rescued with injuries from the crashes, adding that the corps was able to rescue 405 people from those crashes without injuries due to the wider coverage given to the operations within the period.
He said a total of 8,097 offenders were apprehended during the Easter period, as against the 6,634 apprehended at the same period last year.
