By: Emmanuel Tarpeh Quiah In Maryland County
Two individuals narrowly escaped loss of life on Thursday, October 2, when a industrial taxi veered off the highway and plunged into close by bushes alongside the Pleebo-Harper freeway.
The accident occurred simply previous Sedeken City, on the Harper facet of the highway, at a pointy curve that commuters have lengthy described as a “loss of life lure” due to its harmful bend and historical past of deadly crashes.
In line with eyewitness accounts, the taxi-bearing plate quantity 812575 and marked with the inscription “Exodus 14:14”-was touring at excessive pace when the driving force misplaced management. The car swerved off the asphalt, skidded throughout unfastened gravel, and landed within the roadside thicket.
Regardless of the horrifying scene, each the driving force and his lone passenger miraculously walked away unharmed.
“It was a miracle,” stated one bystander. “Everybody thought the automotive had overturned, however thank God they walked away safely.”
A truck from the Maryland Oil Palm Plantation later stopped to help, serving to to drag the taxi again onto the freeway. The occupants shortly departed the world afterward.
In line with a number of residents the Sedeken curve has grow to be infamous for accidents on account of a mix of poor highway design, lack of warning indicators, and reckless dashing. They famous that a number of previous incidents on the similar location have precipitated severe accidents and even fatalities.
Native leaders and day by day commuters are as soon as once more interesting to the Ministry of Public Works, the Liberia Nationwide Police, and the Ministry of Transport to take pressing steps to enhance security. Their suggestions embrace, putting in seen warning and pace restrict indicators, implementing visitors rules, and educating drivers on the dangers of dashing, particularly at curves.
Group members additionally issued a phrase of warning to drivers and motorcyclists, urging them to cut back their pace when approaching sharp bends.
“Dashing continues to be the main explanation for highway accidents in Maryland County,” one resident careworn.
As requires preventive measures intensify, the Sedeken curve stays a important security concern for commuters alongside the busy Pleebo-Harper route.
