Road crashes claim 31 lives in Adamawa

<p>The Adamawa State Command of Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says 31 lives were lost to road accidents from January to July this year.</p>, <p>The command also confirmed that 274 persons sustained different degrees of injuries in the road crashes within the period under review.</p>, <p>Mr Yelwa Dio, FRSC’s Sector Commander in the State, disclosed this in an interview with NAN in Yola on Saturday.</p>, <p>According to Dio, during the period the command recorded 126 road crashes involving 548 people.</p>, <p>He attributed major causes of the accidents to excessive speeding, overloading of persons and goods, wrongful overtaking and use of mobile phones while driving.</p>, <p>The sector commander therefore advised drivers and other road users to always abide by traffic rules and regulations to avoid mishaps.</p>, <p>“The drivers should understand that passengers have the right to reach their destination safely.</p>, <p>“Passengers also should be able to talk to the drivers on the need to obey traffic rules and regulations at all times,” he said.</p>