A tragic head-on collision involving a motorcycle and a truck in Rubkona County, Unity State, on Sunday morning, left two people dead, traffic police said.
The pillion passenger, a 29-year-old male identified as Kume Wierol Koang, died on the spot and the rider of the motorcycle, Maliah Biel Nyuon, 34, succumbed to injuries on Sunday afternoon at Bentiu Hospital.
Speaking to Radio Tamazuj in Bentiu on Monday, the State Director of Traffic Police, Domai Dak Kai, blamed the accident which happened between Rubkona and Bentiu towns on speeding.
“There was a truck moving at high speed from Bentiu headquarters to Rubkona town and it hit the motorcycle and killed the rider and one passenger,” he said. “The passenger died later in the afternoon at the hospital where he was rushed”
According to the traffic officer, the truck driver has been arrested pending investigations.
“After the incident, the first thing we did was to arrest the suspect and he is being detained at Bentiu Police Station until investigations are completed,” Dak said.
He extended condolences to the families of the deceased and urged them to remain calm.
Dak cautioned drivers against speeding.
Meanwhile, Taker Riak Koang, the chairperson of the motorcycle taxi association in Unity State, confirmed that accidents are common on the Bentiu-Rubkona road due to speeding.
“I condemned the death of my colleague and his passenger who were killed by a truck on Sunday,” he said.
Taker appealed to the Unity State government to institute speed limits.