{"id":1840,"date":"2021-11-16T12:32:28","date_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:32:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/?p=1840"},"modified":"2021-11-16T12:32:28","modified_gmt":"2021-11-16T12:32:28","slug":"kogi-accident-responders-rescue-driver-motor-boys-trapped-in-truck-wreckage","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/kogi-accident-responders-rescue-driver-motor-boys-trapped-in-truck-wreckage\/","title":{"rendered":"Kogi Accident: Responders Rescue Driver, Motor-Boys Trapped in Truck Wreckage"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-size: 12pt; font-family: georgia, palatino, serif;\">By Segun Salami\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Responders have rescued a driver and motor boys trapped in truck wreckage following an accident that occurred in Kogi State.<\/span><!--more--><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The near-fatal accident which happened on Sunday involved two articulated trucks on a road in Lokoja, the state capital.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">An eyewitness said one of the trucks carrying big stones lost control after it experienced brake failure and rammed into another truck fully loaded with drinks.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Rescue efforts paid off after a combined team of security operatives, safety officials and other individuals was able to free the trapped victims.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-medium wp-image-1841\" src=\"https:\/\/ebirareporters.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/Kogi-Accident4-300x162.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"162\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">The victims have since been rushed to the hospital where they are currently undergoing treatment.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">Speaking to Channels Television, the Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Kogi, Mr. Solomon Agure, called on truck drivers to avoid passing the town.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">According to him, the solution to the accident is for trucks to either pass during odd hours when the traffic is less or avoid plying Lokoja completely.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe vehicle carrying drinks was going and the one that carried stone was also following, I hope there is an issue of brake failure who ran behind the container carrying drinks,\u201d he said.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"font-family: georgia, palatino, serif; font-size: 12pt;\">\u201cThe driver hooked. What we have is to strengthen our call on the state government and the stakeholders so that trucks this time should avoid this town. 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