Photos: Man’s Leg Crushed, Another Unconscious In Ghastly Accident Caused By Reckless Driver Using Cell Phone While Driving In Bayelsa

By Lily Dada Last updated Feb 17, 2018

An accident caused by a reckless driver along Tombia – Amassoma road, Bayelsa State on Thursday, February 15, left a man unconscious and other with crushed legs.

Facebook user Anthony who shared photos from the scene of the accident, revealed that the reckless driver who was speeding, was using his phone through the journey. Here’s what he wrote;

“It’s really bad to witness an accident scene like this, but it’s too good to be part of the rescuers. This ghastly auto accident occurred right before me when a reckless driver drove pass my vehicle on high speed while making a call along Tombia – Amassoma road, Bayelsa State dis evening.

To my greatest surprise, the reckless and irresponsible driver came out of the vehicle uninjured but leaving his passenger unconscious and the other vehicle driver with a broken leg. We immediately rushed the victims to NDU Teaching hospital, where they are undergoing treatment at A&E Theater. May God help them. Pls that call can wait while you are driving.”

In a data released by the Nigerian National Bureau of Statistics (NBS) for the fourth quarter 2017, revealed that 2,489 road transport crashes occurred. Speed violation is reported as the major cause of road crashes in Q3 and it accounted for 45.08 percent of the total road crashes reported.

Loss of control and dangerous driving followed closely as they both accounted for 10.08 percent and 8.04 percent of the total road crashes recorded.

According to the data, a total of 7,349 Nigerians got injured in the road traffic crashes recorded, out of which 7,349, representing 93 percent of the figure are adults, while the remaining 494, representing 7 percent are children. 5,366 are male Nigerians, representing 73 percent, while 1,983 are female Nigerians, representing 27 percent, as the end of fourth quarter.

Similarly, a total of 1,306 Nigerians got killed in the road traffic crashes recorded in Q4 2017. 1,200 of the 1,306 Nigerians that got killed, representing 92 percent of the figure, are adults while the remaining 106 Nigerians, representing 8 percent are children. 1,019 male Nigerians, representing 78 percent, got killed in road while 287 female Nigerians, representing 22 percent got killed.

A total of 214,256 national drivers licenses were produced in the fourth quarter 2017. Lagos and FCT produced the highest number of drivers license, while Zamfara and Kebbi states produced the least numbers of national drivers licence.

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