The Sierra Road Safety Authority,SLRSA, deeply regrets to inform the public that in the early hours of Saturday 23 April,2022,a grisly Road traffic crash occurred at Rochen Village, Yoni Mamala Chiefdom,along the Mile 91/Moyamba Junction Highway,in the Tonkolili District.
The crashe occurred when a Mercedes Benz Truck with Registration number AQC 962, travelling from Freetown to Kenema,ran into the rear of a stationary Vehicle with Registration number AID 362.
At least nine (9)people including three(3)women and one(1) girl child died,while twenty five 25 people sustained serious injuries including the driver.
A team of SLRSA personnel(Road Safety Corps) from Moyamba led by the Executive Director of the SLRSA, Reverend Smart K Senesie,with support from the Traffic Division of the Sierra Leone polic in Mile 91, conveyed the injured to the MSF Hospital in Mile 91 and the Emergency Hospital in Freetown. The Driver of the vehicle, Musa Kamara is currently hospitalised at the Moyamba Government Hospital.