{"id":411705,"date":"2018-03-21T17:29:13","date_gmt":"2018-03-21T17:29:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=411705"},"modified":"2018-03-22T07:20:00","modified_gmt":"2018-03-22T07:20:00","slug":"336-killed-in-over-2000-accidents-in-just-two-months","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/03\/336-killed-in-over-2000-accidents-in-just-two-months\/","title":{"rendered":"336 killed in over 2,000 accidents in just two months"},"content":{"rendered":"
The National Road Safety Commission (NRSC), has revealed that 336 people lost their lives in road accidents in the first two months of 2018.<\/p>\n
The Commission also stated that a total of 2,095 road crashes were recorded in January and February alone, representing a significant rise from the same period in 2017.<\/p>\n
Speaking to Citi News<\/strong> on the sidelines of the official launch of the 2018 Easter Road Safety Campaign, the Chief Executive of the NRSC, Ing. May Obri-Yeboah, said over-speeding and the absence of street lights on most highways are major contributory factors for these accidents.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you look at most of the cases that happened, you can see that normally the road is clear and i’ts a straight route so that gives us an idea of speeding. Speeding has been a major contributory factor to it. In a few cases we\u2019ve had vehicles run into stationary vehicles and wrongful overtaking A few also have been in the night, there have been cases like that where bad roads have contributed but most of it has been over-speeding,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n \u201cWe have an issue with street lights, we are trying to take some inventory to see what is happening, but it shows clearly most of our roads are dark. Where there are even lampposts, the lights are not on,” she added.<\/p>\n Ebony, others perish\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n One of this year’s most notable accidents involved young dancehall starlet Ebony Reigns in February.<\/p>\n Ebony, whose real name is Priscilla Opoku-Kwarteng, was returning from Sunyani after visiting her mother who had returned from the UK, when the Jeep she was travelling in crashed into railings on the road edge of the road.<\/p>\n