By Septimus Senessie
A fatal road accident on Monday 29July at Faor village in the Nimikoro chiefdom, in Kono district left three killed on the spot including a 2-year-old child. One person was left critically injured.
The accident happened when an unregistered commercial motorbike carrying three passengers rammed into another unregistered tractor which was apparently stationary. All the victims were on the motorbike.
Those killed are Mohamed Tweekai (the rider), Isata Kanawa and her 2-year-old daughter, Mariama Kanawa. Ali Kamara, who is in a critical condition, was yesterday transferred to the Emergency Hospital in Freetown.
The Officer Commanding traffic at the Motema Police division, Inspector Jinnah Saffa Moijueh told Politico that the accident happened at around 8:00 pm and he received a telephone call about it.
He said that their investigations so far showed that bike rider was riding to Komaror village with the three passengers when they ran into the back of a stationary tractor
Inspector Moijueh said the accident might have been caused by “over speeding and reckless riding”.
The tractor operator, Basheru Kamara however said that he was in motion when the commercial motor bike rammed into him.
Dr. Abdulai Barbu, the District Medical Superintendent of the government hospital, Koidu, confirmed that the three had their “spinal cord broken” which resulted in their deaths.
The corpses were handed over to the families for burial after post-mortem.
© Politico 01/08/13
