A freak accident in the Orile area of Lagos State has claimed the life of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, officer Abiodun Ajomole. The tragic incident occurred on Sunday due a truck suffering from brake failure then colliding with Ajomole and a commercial bus he was attending to.
The Lagos State Sector Command of the FRSC confirmed the officer’s death. The organization explained that Ajomole was on official duty at the time of the accident. Spokeswoman Olabisi Sonusi stated, “The crash video being circulated on social media involves one of the personnel of the Corps, Marshal Abiodun Ajomole of the Costain Unit Command.”
The incident took place around the Orile/Iganmu Bridge during scheduled patrol activities.
Sonusi explained, “Investigations carried out so far indicated that the affected Marshal was attending to an LT Volkswagen bus when a Mack truck failed to brake and collided with the LT Volkswagen, forcing it to crash into the stationary Matrix tanker by the roadside, squeezing him to death.”
The Orile Police Division and LASTMA officials quickly responded to the scene. The vehicles involved were towed to the Oril Iganmu police division, and Ajomole’s remains taken to the Yaba mortuary. The police initiated efforts to locate the Mack truck driver responsible for the crash.
Corps Commander Babatunde Farinloye, the Sector Commander for Lagos State, expressed condolences to Ajomole’s family, praying for their strength in this difficult time.
