Egypt: One person killed, others injured in serious road accident in Settat

Muhammad Manfaluti_Heba Press

Heba Press learned from its sources that a violent collision occurred between two light vehicles on the Settat-Marrakech highway near the Ben Abbou center, leaving one dead, while three people were injured of varying severity.

According to the same sources, a car deviated from its normal lane and collided with another car traveling in the opposite direction, causing a serious collision, resulting in loss of life and property…

Members of the Royal Gendarmerie, affiliated with the motorcyclist squadron on the highway, went to the scene to open an investigation into the incident and work to facilitate traffic, while civil prevention elements affiliated with the regional command of Settat were recruited to evacuate the wounded and supervise the transfer of the body to the morgue of the Hassan II regional hospital in Settat.
While we are talking about the dangers of the road and its impact on lives and property, it is necessary to draw attention here to a phenomenon that is beginning to cast a frightening shadow over highway users, linked to the frequent stops of many city buses connecting cities in the North and the South, or vice versa, which “dump” their passengers on the highway, while others have turned it into a station for travelers, threatening the lives of these innocent people.

Here, in the city of Settat and Berrechid, as in many other Moroccan cities, there is no talk between fanatics and those interested in local affairs, except for the specter of death that now lurks among travelers as they disembark on the highway between Settat and Berrechid. , after the latter have become random stops for many buses arriving from the north or south of the country, some deliberately “get rid” of their travelers by disembarking them in dangerous conditions, risking their lives, or even gratuitously killing them, especially after dark, in the total absence of close surveillance by the authorities in charge of the sector or road surveillance officers.

Many of those interested in local affairs have appealed to the relevant authorities for the need to act and strike with an iron fist the professionals of the sector and force them to enter the bus stations, questioning the role of the Directorate of Road Transport and Road Safety, knowing that its missions consist of revitalizing, organizing and controlling the professions related to road transport, as well as monitoring, evaluating and implementing the road safety policy, developing legal and regulatory texts relating to road transport safety and ensuring their implementation…