FRSC Official allegedly hit Pregnant Woman in Ondo.

Tamarauemi Ebimini

An unidentified official of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) has allegedly hit and kicked a pregnant woman, along Ilesa-Akure-Owo road, leaving the woman bleeding before she was rushed to an hospital.

The incident caused tension in the area as some motorists stormed the scene of the incident, challenging FRSC officials while some commercial motorcyclists descended on the official.

According to an eye witness, the commercial bus conveying the pregnant woman was flagged down by the FRSC officials but said the driver noticed a petrol-laden trailer and another truck from behind and had to move from the spot to park his vehicle and give way to the two vehicles.

He explained that the driver, however, parked some few meters from the checkpoint, while the road safety officials who moved after him, dragged the driver out of the bus but the action of the FRSC officials infuriated the passengers and accused the FRSC of subjecting their lives to danger.

The passengers argued that the driver had done the right thing and should not be arrested but the FRSC officials claimed that the driver was only using the situation as cover-up, saying he did not use seat belt while driving.

The eyewitness, however, commended the professional conduct of PRO of the FRSC who visited the scene and rushed the woman to the clinic for medical treatment.

She said that the driver was arrested by a team of security operatives from Anti-Scorpion who came to restore normalcy in the area after the pregnant woman was taken to the hospital.