Officials of men of the Federal Road Safety Corps(FRSC), Osun State Command narrowly escaped death yesterday as a trailer vehicle carrying cement crushed their patrol vehicle.
The Interviews Nigeria gathered that the incident happened along Ilesha/ Osogbo road around 11.12 am when the trailer suddenly rammed into the well-packed patrol vehicle of the FRSC.
According to our source, the trailer’s driver had a brake failure while descending the slope and subsequently rammed into the neatly parked FRSC vehicle. The driver was arrested immediately, but the officers escaped the accident.
The Spokesperson of the FRSC, Osun Command, Mrs. Agnes Ogungbemi confirmed the incident to TheNation in a statement:
”The morning Patrol Team led by RC OB Idowu was involved in a road crash while patrolling along Ilesa/ Osogbo with cement with registration number KSF 614 XU rammed into the well-packed Patrol vehicle.”
‘ The Trailer’s driver said,” he lost control due to brake failure. However, none of the patrol team members was injured.’’