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Road Crash at Teko Raod: 1 dead, 9 Okada riders in Police Nest

By: Alusine Rehme Wilson
A fatal Wednesday morning road crash that occurred at the Teko Road between a private Toyota jeep vehicle with registration number AMJ 217 and a TVS commercial motor bike whose registration number is unknown has led to the death to rider of the commercial motor bike, vehicle been burnt to ashes with 9 commercial motor bike riders and 17 commercial bikes been arrested by the Police. 

The fatality has left both the commercial motor bike and the private Toyota jeep beyond repairs and eye witnesses have explained that: “the driver of the vehicle did not stop the vehicle’s engine when he involved in the road crash with the motor bike. 

He was shouted at to stop but he only did in a 90 minutes distance after he was been chased by motor bike riders and he managed to escape we learned leaving his vehicle and the bike blazing.” The rider of the commercial motor bike who died on the spot has been buried on Wednesday evening. Finding by AWE-Media.SL has illustrates. 

And both the Traffic Division and the Criminal Investigations Departments of the Rogbaneh Police Station in Makeni city, Bombali District has confirmed to AWE-Media.SL that they had rushed to the scene of the accident promptly after they got the intelligence and have done the needful at the time. 

“We have made a total of nine arrests of suspects been identified as commercial motor bike riders. They were arrested at the scene of the occurrence over allegations of their unanimous revolts in solidarity of their companion who had lost his life in the road crash which has caused malicious damage,” Police media officer attached at the Rogbaneh police division said. 

Adding that: “Investigations is still in progress but maintained that: “the nine suspects being arrested are helping the police with investigation while answering questions to at least four traffic related count charges.”
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Location: Northern Province, Sierra Leone

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