The Federal Road Safety Corps, Ogun State Command, has disclosed that 10 people died in 10 road accident during the Eid-el-Fitri Special Patrol in the state.
According to the News Agency of Nigeria, the Sector Commander of FRSC in Ogun, Anthony Uga, made this known on Friday in Ota, adding that 41 other persons sustained varying degrees of injuries from the crashes.
He explained that the 10 people that died comprised of eight males and two females while the 41 injured were 22 males,15 females and four male children.
Uga noted that they were able to mitigate cases of accidents to the nearest minimum through the special patrol operation which began on 8 April.
“Most of the road crashes recorded during the Eld-el-Fitri Celebration were caused by excessive speed and tyre burst.
“We are appealing to motorists to reduce their speed as most of the accidents could have been avoidable if the drivers used good tyres and adhere strictly to average speed limit,” he said.
The FRSC commander stressed that both commercial and private vehicles to install speed limit devices and desist from using expired tyres to minimise road crashes to the barest level in the state.
