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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Akwa Ibom State Command says 12 persons died in road crashes across the state between January and April 2021.
The Command added that it recorded seven fatal crashes while 29 persons were injured between the period under review.
The FRSC Sector Commander, Matthew Olonisaye, disclosed this to journalists in Uyo at an occasion to mark the 6th United Nations Global Road Safety Week which commenced on May 17 with the theme; ‘Street for Life.’
Olonisaye who attributed the road crashes to excessive speeding stressed that the Corps has put in place several measures to ensure reduction of speed-related crashes adding that the year’s theme calls for 30km/h speed limits for vehicles at built-up areas such as cities, towns and villages.