IPNEWS-Monrovia: The Liberia News Agency (LINA) reports that a tragic motor accident which occurred late Sunday, November 21 in Pleebo, Maryland county has claimed the life of a motorcyclist while two others were severely injured.
Tom Pokolo, a local motorcyclist, died on impact when he reportedly collided with an ambulance at about 4:30 pm at the Pleebo roundabout, said a LINA reporter who visited the scene.
The two injured victims were admitted at the Pleebo Health Center, and are expected to be transferred to the J. J. Dossen Memorial Hospital in Harper City for advanced medical treatment.
The driver of the ambulance immediately fled the scene following the accident.
Eyewitnesses said the deceased is a commercial motorcyclist residing in Tugbaken, Karluway Statutory District, a few miles away from Maryland County commercial capital, Pleebo.
In May this year, it can be recalled that a tragic road accident involving a motorcycle and a Land Cruiser Pickup led to the death of a 63-year-old resident believed to be a pastor of the Assembly of God Church in the Southeastern Barrobo Statutory District in Maryland County. A local journalist also died in the same accident.
Also, in October 2021, at least two people died while another person was left in critical condition after two commercial motorbikes collided along the Pedebo-Plolo road, near Yookudi town in Maryland County.
In June 2021, a Field Supervisor of a company operating in Maryland County also died in a deadly crash involving two motorcycles in central Pleebo.
Another tragic road accident in August 2020 left two dead after a motorcycle carrying three people including the rider crashed into a refrigerated truck in Pleebo, Maryland County.
Back in August 2019, an ambulance driver along with two others died after a truck belonging to China Railway ran into an ambulance which was ferrying a patient to the J.J Dossen referral hospital. The accident occurred close to the Tubman Farm vicinity in Pleebo, Maryland County, according to report.
Most of the accidents and several other unreported ones are the result of overspending and reckless driving, a commercial truck driver in Pleebo, Maryland County told the Liberia News Agency.
