The first month of schools’ resumption is gradually rolling off and we steadily proceed further ‘ember’ months where road safety officials have been preaching the gospel of drive safely, obey traffic laws, don’t drink drive, don’t receive use your phones while driving etc. Really, if you are to do a self-appraisal of yourself, can […]
Tag Archives: Road
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Sep
Sep
Mr Jide and his family travelled for his sister’s wedding at Ijebu Ode, on their way back to Lagos when they got to Abeokuta, they had an accident. Mr Jide being a Lagosian knows Lagos’ 112 and 767 emergency helplines but didn’t have a clue of any emergency helplines outside Lagos nor the first aid […]
29
Aug
Aug
BRT And Dangote Truck Accident Are you aware that no fewer than 59 passengers in a fully loaded bus belonging to the Bus Rapid Transport scheme sustained varying degrees of injury on Tuesday when the vehicle collided with a Dangote cement truck on Ikorodu Road, Lagos State? 7 critically injured passengers were rushed to LASUTH […]
22
Aug
Aug
“I never saw him!” is the most common excuse used after an accident. But come on, it wasn’t that the other vehicle (or person or electric pole) was invisible. Numerous accidents happen because a driver does not pay attention to what is happening on the road. Any vehicle, immaterial of its size can be the […]
20
Aug
Aug
At every scene of an accident victim(s) involved needs urgent attention. Let us learn to do more than taking pictures, call an ambulance or the rescue team. Lagos State Emergency Helpline: 112 & 767. FRSC Emergency Helpline 122
24
Jul
Jul
Intervention Update: A victim was picked up around the Sheraton Hotel, Ikeja on Wednesday. He sustained fracture on both legs and mild head injury. He was rushed to the nearest government hospital by an ambulance. Upon arrival at the hospital, he had to make payments for treatment to be administered. At that point, he had […]
19
Jun
Jun
Just last week, a 27 years old man who was critically injured in a road accident around Idiraba was picked up by LASAMBUS and rushed to LASUTH. On getting to LASUTH, there was no means by which the accident victim could access prompt treatment because there were no funds and he had no one […]
18
Jun
Jun
Road traffic injuries are now the leading killer of people age 5-29. WHO 2018 report highlighted that the annual road traffic accident death as reached 1.3 million. We need to take back our road. We are about to bridge the gap by training exceptional First Responders in the bid to save more lives. Click […]
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May
May
One of the innate behaviors that spot us out as humans is “saving lives”. As commonplace as it sounds, however, we do not fully express this nature as we should, not because we do not care but because we do not know how to show it when the situation arises- though we usually assume we […]
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Apr
Apr
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