The commander of the Ecowas military mission in The Gambia has spoken for the first time since the fatal accident on Sunday.
An Ecomig vehicle collided with a ‘Tuk Tuk’ tricycle on Sunday leaving two people dead.
In a statement signed in the name of Ecowas, the commander of Ecomig Colonel Cheikh Omar Tamba said: “On 5 September 2021 at about 01:00hrs, a Ghanaian contingent Ecomig vehicle was moving from Old Yundum towards the general area of Fajara. On reaching Mariama Kunda Junction, a tricycle that was trying to avert a pothole suddenly ran into his lane from the left side of the road which resulted in a collision. According to the driver, he stopped and came out of the vehicle to check on the persons in the tricycle so as to help them.
“However a mob came to the scene and a gentlemen who felt the accident was not his fault told him to flee the scene because the mob would kill him. Therefore he quickly drove off back to Paradise Estate in Old Yundum and the mob followed him in opther vehicles. Realising he was being trailed, he left the vehicle in a nearby house at Paradise Estate and hid from the mob.”
