Having an accident, fatal or not, is not something that anyone wants to encounter. Regardless, when it happens, you have to look for ways to resolve the situation as quickly as possible. This said, you expect some sane and normal actions taken by the people at the accident spot. However, for Nigerians, it is different. They completely do the opposite of what you expect and it can be very annoying. Jumia Travel, the leading online travel agency, shares some of the seriously annoying things some Nigerians do after an accident.

Leave their car on the road

When you bashed another person's car, you find them arguing and exchanging angry words right in the middle of the road. They do not really care if their actions result in a long traffic or notorious queue. Why can't both of you get off the road and find a solution? In other cases, when a car has an accident, you still find it at that same spot for weeks.

Crowd the scene as if they are watching a movie

Imagine an accident scene and people simply gather round shouting, some crying, while others just watch what is happening like a movie. They will not allow the emergency services to work and in some circumstances, the police have to shoot in the air to disperse the crowd.

It is an opportunity for some to 'steal'

In a crowd, you find the good, the bad and the ugly. The mission of certain people is just to steal. They steal phones, wallets, and other valuables. They do not even care if it is the properties of the person involved in the accident. Unfortunate!

Taking pictures

The technology age is here. The urge to take selfies and pictures have made some people become uncaring and unconcerned about others. At an accident scene, you find people taking pictures to post on social media just to get likes and comments. Meanwhile, an individual is lying there in a pool of blood.

Refuse to help the victims

This is probably the worse of all. You just wring in pain when you see people around you but they refuse to ferry you to the hospital or offer first aid. Sometimes, it is not their fault because the police may just come around and accuse you of something you do not know anything about. Nigerians prefer to wait until the emergency services and police arrive. But at that short time, a precious life may be lost. Let us lend a helping hand.

Source: http://www.opinions.ng/5-seriously-annoying-things-nigerians-accident/

A lot of these things happen everyday and are seriously annoying.

Sometimes hospitals may even refuse to accept or help accident victims.

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maclatunji:
A lot of these things happen everyday and are seriously annoying.

Sometimes hospitals may even refuse to accept or help accident victims.

Blocking the road, not helping the victim and the hospital thing dey annoying past

True talk here, especially about those jerks that turn accident scene into photo studio but I'll go out on a limb and add another point that might contrast our last point a bit- helping victims too much.

Some people, in their over-enthusiasm to help victims actually harm them even more. They'd rush to yank the victims out of the car and inflict much more serious injuries had they just waited or even undergone first aid training.

I read the story not too far back over here of a lady who had her legs crushed by a container. In their rush to free her, someone quickly chopped her legs off. She inevitably bled to death. The number of cases I know of people that ended up with lower paralysis due to manhandling is awfully high too.

It is not difficult to learn first aid skills to use during an accident...there are so many resources on the net nowadays, heck: your community Red Cross will be more than happy to teach you!