Drivers vandalise FRSC office in Edo
Angry commercial drivers vandalised the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office in Ovbiogie community, Ovia North East local government area. Vehicles used for the FRSC’s rescue operation were also destroyed.
Angry commercial drivers vandalised the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) office in Ovbiogie community, Ovia North East local government area.
Vehicles used for the FRSC's rescue operation were also destroyed.
The destruction of the FRSC office and vehicles resulted from an accident that killed a driver and an FRSC official.
It was gathered that the drivers became angry after FRSC officials took their seriously injured personnel who were still alive to the hospital and left the driver who died at the scene.
Witnesses said the accident affected both the driver and the FRSC Marshal.
The witnesses said the FRSC rescue team left the driver and took only their personnel, an action which the witness said drew the ire of drivers and sympathisers.
It was gathered that the accident caused heavy traffic congestion along the busy Benin-Lagos Road.
Edo FRSC Sector Commander, Cyril Matthew, confirmed the incident and said the injured Marshal later died at the hospital.
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Matthew said standard practice is to take accident victims who are still alive to the hospital first before taking the dead to the morgue.
He said the driver died on the spot, while the Marshal was still breathing when the rescue team arrived at the scene.
"The team took the injured Marshall to the hospital first because he was still breathing, and later returned to take the driver, who was already dead.
"The people thought the driver was still alive and accused our men of being insensitive. They, then, attacked our men, as I was told."
