By Our Reporter
The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has confirmed the death of a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in a road crash involving a motorcycle and an articulated truck in Ibadan, Oyo State.
The accident occurred on Monday around Agodi Gardens in the Ibadan metropolis, according to the FRSC Sector Commander in Oyo State, Corps Commander Kehinde Dahunsi.
Dahunsi disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN), stating that the corps member died in the crash while the motorcycle rider sustained a fracture in his leg.
He said FRSC rescue personnel responded to the incident and evacuated the victims to the appropriate medical facilities.
According to the sector commander, the deceased’s body was deposited at the morgue of the State Hospital, while the injured motorcyclist was taken to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, for medical treatment.
“We recorded a traffic crash today around Agodi Gardens within the Ibadan metropolis. It involved a truck and a motorcycle carrying a corps member.
“Unfortunately, we lost the corps member, and the rider also sustained a fracture in his leg,” Dahunsi said.
He added that the identity and other details of the deceased were yet to be established at the time of the rescue operation.
Meanwhile, the NYSC Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mrs Abimbola Faniyi, said the scheme was making efforts to ascertain the deceased’s identity and other details, including her Place of Primary Assignment (PPA).
Faniyi’s statement is expected to help establish the identity of the deceased corps member and provide further information about her service posting.
The cause of the crash was not disclosed in the report.