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The
controller heading the Federal Operations Unit (FOU) Zone C of the
Nigeria Customs Service (NCS), Owerri, Comptroller Kayode Olusemire, Thursday
morning rescued five victims of a road accident, which occurred in Oraifite
along Owerri-Onitsha Expressway in Anambra State.
The
accident involved a Lexus ES 350 car, carrying members of one family and whose
driver lost control immediately he negotiated the bend and rammed into the road
median before somersaulting.
The Customs
zonal controller, who was on an official assignment to Benin City, ran into the
accident scene where the vehicle was already smoking with the fear that it may
burst into flames without timely intervention.
Swinging
into action and mobilizing his men, all the occupants in the affected vehicles
were swiftly pulled out from the roof of the vehicle and rescued unhurt under
the close supervision of the Customs boss.
The smoking
parts of the vehicle were also extinguished.
The
incident caused a gridlock on the expressway as Olusemire and his men pulled
the vehicle out of the road.
He
thereafter urged private vehicles drivers and other road users to be mindful of
Highway Codes to avoid unnecessary road mishaps. Avuțian
