54-year-old man is the latest road fatality victim

A 54-year-old man is alleged to be the country’s latest road fatality victim following an accident in Nadi last night.

The victim was allegedly walking along Lavusa Road in Nadi when he was hit by a vehicle driven by a 67-year-old man.

He was then rushed to the Nadi Hospital where he was pronounced dead.

In another accident a woman and three children of Laselase, Sigatoka were treated and sent home after the vehicle they were traveling in veered off the road along Queens Road near Nabou.

The four were passengers in the vehicle driven by a 60-year-old man from Yadua Village in Sigatoka.

The driver is alleged to have lost control of the vehicle.

Police also confirmed three people were conveyed to the Sigatoka Hospital after the vehicle they were traveling in was involved in a head-on collision along Queens Road on the Vatukarasa Bridge this morning.

Police are now searching for the driver after he fled the scene.

The Chief Operations Officer Assistant Commissioner of Police Livai Driu says traffic accidents continue to be of great concern as the attitude of some drivers is often, that they adhere to road rules where police are conducting traffic operations, and once they pass, they continue with dangerous driving habits such as speeding and careless driving.

He says every day police are booking hundreds of drivers for speeding as some of them drive well above the national speed limit getting caught driving above 100km/PH which are very dangerous habits that lead to accidents and fatalities.

ACP Driu says police are aware of chat groups that share information about police officers’ whereabouts during traffic operations, but says such alert groups will only lead to more dangerous driving behavior and loss of life on Fiji’s roads.

He says the road death toll currently stands at 31 compared to 9 for the same period last year which is alarming.