FRSC Says Late James Ocholi's Driver Will Be Prosecuted

                               

Mr Boboye Oyeyemi, the Corp Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission said in a statement that the driver of Late  James Ocholi, Minister of Labour will be prosecuted for over speeding which was a cause for the ghastly motor accident that claim the lives of the labour minister ,his wife and one of his sons on Sunday.

He added that the driver was not having a valid drivers license as his name was not found in the data base of FRSC, during the presentation of the FRSC interim accident report at the Federal Executive Council Meeting.FEC.at the presidential villa. he said the late Minister and his wife were not on seat belt when the accident occurred,he recommended periodic retraining for convoy drivers.

He said:

 “Information gathered revealed that the driver of the crashed vehicle was actually moving at excess of the stipulated speed when he had a tyre burst.

“The crashed vehicle driver was driving too fast and he slammed on his brake so hard. These two factors materially contributed to the inability of the driver to maintain control when the left rear tyre burst.

“Skid marks and grooves found on the westbound shoulder made by the Lexus LX570 for about 15m and 9.3m respectively before it began somersaulting severely and the ejection of the minister and his son showed clearly that the travelling speed of the Lexus LX570 presented unsafe consequences in the event of certain road risk that may have occurred.

“The driver must have entered into a panic situation which resulted in his hard application of brakes and subsequent loss of control that took him into the bush path.

“The DOT number of the tyres were inward which cannot easily be read from outside. This indicates that the orientations of the tyres were not properly fixed which could adversely affect the performance of the tyres.

“The Federal Road Safety Corps Investigation Team (FIT) determines that the probable cause of the March 6, 2016, fatal crash at KM34 Kaduna-Abuja expressway near Rijana village, Kaduna State, was the driver’s failure to maintain directional control of his vehicle when the rear left tyre burst occurred

“Severity of the fatality was increased due to the ejection of the minister and his son as a result of non use of rear seat belts.