Increased road accidents worrisome
Pini Bothoko | Tuesday February 1, 2022 06:00
The concern was expressed by Broadhurst Police Station commander superintendent Obusitswe Lokae after recording an accident, which occurred at the Mmashia junction on Friday morning.
Lokae said the accident occurred at around 7.30am at the Mmamashia traffic lights after a BMW car collided with a Volkswagen Caravelle combi. “We suspect that one of the drivers failed to obey the traffic lights resulting in the crash. The BMW that was driven by a 33-year-old man had a 10-year-old passenger, a baby girl who sustained a fractured left leg.
The duo was facing north while the Volkswagen Caravelle combi, driven by a 47-year-old man, was crossing the road from East to West,” Lokae said. He stated that the little girl had also sustained head injuries and is currently hospitalised at Gaborone Private Hospital along with the Volkswagen Caravelle combi driver who had also sustained head injuries. “Investigations into the matter are ongoing to establish who amongst the two drivers caused the accident because the traffic lights were functional.
However, the BMW driver escaped uninjured,” he said. Lokae said motorists’ attitudes toward key road safety issues such as overspeeding, drunken driving and overtaking risks, remain a major road safety concern.
He stated that some accidents could easily be avoided if road users could exercise patience and pay more attention to traffic signs and regulations. “Behaviours that drivers continue to display predispose them to road accidents and casualty rates. I am pleading with drivers to exercise patience on the road and avoid drunken driving,” he said.