The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Oyo State Sector Command, has confirmed the death of a female National Youth Service Corps (NYSC) member in a road accident in Ibadan on Monday.
The sector commander, Corps Commander Kehinde Dahunsi, disclosed this in an interview with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN).
Dahunsi said the accident involved a motorcycle and an articulated truck.
He explained that the female corps member died in the crash, while the motorcyclist suffered a fracture in his leg.
According to him, the deceased’s body was taken to the morgue at the State Hospital, while the injured motorcyclist was transported to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan, for medical treatment.
The sector commander added that the identity and other details of the deceased could not be established during the rescue operation.
“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.
“We carried out emergency rescue operations; we conveyed the body of the late corps member to the State Hospital morgue, while the injured rider was rushed to the University College Hospital (UCH), Ibadan,” he said.
Meanwhile, the NYSC Public Relations Officer in Oyo State, Mrs Abimbola Faniyi, said efforts were ongoing to establish the deceased’s identity and obtain further details, including her Place of Primary Assignment (PPA).
(NAN)