{"id":25535,"date":"2018-08-08T19:19:35","date_gmt":"2018-08-08T18:19:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/?p=25535"},"modified":"2018-08-08T19:19:35","modified_gmt":"2018-08-08T18:19:35","slug":"police-absolves-dangote-transport-company-in-truck-accident","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/police-absolves-dangote-transport-company-in-truck-accident\/","title":{"rendered":"Police Absolves Dangote Transport Company In Truck Accident"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Police, in a report, has absolved the Dangote Transport Company of any fault in a accident involving one of its Howo trucks, which collided with an 18-seater Toyota bus belonging to the Gombe State Transport Company, at Gazok village, Farin-Lamba, Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area, Plateau State, on Friday, August 3.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the police findings, \u201cthe primary cause of the accident was due to mechanical fault which could be as a result of poor maintenance attitude from the driver of the Toyota bus.\u201d As a result of the accident, eight persons lost their lives while ten others sustained various forms of injuries.<\/span><\/p>\n

The outcome was contained in a two-page Police investigation report sent by the Nigeria Police, Divisional Vom Division, Jos Plateau State to the Head of Operations (HOO), Dangote Cement Transport Company, Gboko Plant, Benue State, which was signed by the Divisional Police Officer, Kaduna-Vom Division, CSP Abubakar A. Omade.<\/span><\/p>\n

According to the report, \u201cFrom investigation carried out, the following facts emerge: That the two motor vehicles were travelling in opposite direction, with the Howo truck coming from Farin Lamba axis while the Toyota bus was coming from Riyom L.G.A.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThat at Gazok village, the right back tyre of the Toyota bus burst off, forcing the driver to lose control, veered to the opposite lane and had collision with the Howo truck. That after the collision with the Toyota bus, the Howo truck went and crushed a Boxer Baja motorcycle parked by the road side.<\/span><\/p>

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\u201cThat as a result of the unfortunate mishap, eight (8) persons as listed above lost their lives and ten others sustained various degrees of injuries. That on the request of the decease (sic) relations and considering the bad condition of the corpses, they were all released to their various relations for burial.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cOpinion\/Conclusion: In view of the above, it could be seen that the primary cause of the accident was due to mechanical fault which could be as a result of poor maintenance attitude from the driver of the Toyota bus. If he had survive (sic) the accident, he will be charged to court for reckless\/dangerous driving and poor maintenance culture contrary to Section 28 and 40 respectively of the Road Traffic Act (R.T.A.) But unfortunately, he lost his life in the accident which make it difficult for him to be prosecuted in the court,\u201d Omade added.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

In an earlier release, the DTC had noted that \u201cthe accident happened at Vom, an outskirt village to Jos on Friday 03\/08\/18. According to our driver and the police, an oncoming bus had a busted tyre and lost control. The bus left its lane and hit our truck who was on its own lane. The truck is GBK-2C-016 DUT81XA, which was empty from Gombe depot.<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cWe sent our men to the police station and they met the IPO, Mr. John and the DPO. According to the IPO, the police report will be released when they meet the owner of the bus. They will be going to Keffi to locate the bus owner because they said no one from the third party reported the case up till now except us\u201d, the company added.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nigeria Police, in a report, has absolved the Dangote Transport Company of any fault in a accident involving one of its Howo trucks, which collided with an 18-seater Toyota bus belonging to the Gombe State Transport Company, at Gazok village, Farin-Lamba, Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area, Plateau State, on Friday, August …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":25536,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_active":false,"_exactmetrics_sitenote_note":"","_exactmetrics_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23,17],"tags":[671],"coauthors":[2391],"class_list":["post-25535","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","","category-business","category-news","tag-dangote"],"yoast_head":"\nPolice Absolves Dangote Transport Company In Truck Accident - National Wire<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Nigeria Police, in a report, has absolved the Dangote Transport Company of any fault in a accident involving one of its Howo trucks, which collided with an 18-seater Toyota bus belonging to the Gombe State Transport Company, at Gazok village, Farin-Lamba, Vwang District of Jos South Local Government Area, Plateau\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/nationalwire.com.ng\/sub\/police-absolves-dangote-transport-company-in-truck-accident\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Police Absolves Dangote Transport Company In Truck Accident - 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