Motorcycle boys on their high way to hell.
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The reckless driving of motorcycles by Umuaka boys really took a dangerous dimension during the Yuletide. Despite the rising cost of the motorcycles, many boys managed to acquire new bikes during the Christmas celebrations in Umuaka. Several new and old owners of motorcycles were involved in motorcycling accidents at various time in and outside the community.
From the findings made by Umuaka Times, not less than 15 boys were involved in various accidents while on top speed. Most of them ended up sustaining various degrees of injuries.
Shortly before Christmas celebrations, one of the boys had crashed while driving home and sustained deep rooted injuries. The poor boy died 2 days later from the injuries sustained from the accident. Observers who knew the boy personally told Umuaka Times that he was among the top reckless drivers of motorcycles in town.
The death of the teenage motorcycle boy did not in any way deter others from driving recklessly. Since he died, several other boys had escaped death by whiskers and ended up sustaining several injuries, including bone fractures.
An Orodo man who is a bone mender told Umuaka Times that they made money from November to January from reckless motorcycle boys from Umuaka who were involved in automobile accidents.
The scourge of reckless driving in Umuaka by motorcycle boys has become a ritual of some sort. No matter the time of the clock, there is always a heavy presence of boys driving on top speed from one direction to another. Many parents whose children usually engage in this act, have at many times clashed with their children on how they drive but the children would never listen. A woman whose son is among the motorcycle boys in town, told Umuaka Times that she has stopped talking about the way her son drives. “What I do now is to wait for the day he will be involved in an accident. I will never show any form of concern.”
Another woman lamented that when her son was involved in an accident, he sustained shoulder injuries and she spent about N90,000 to treat him. She vowed that if at all the boy gets involved in motorcycle accident again, she would never show any concern.
The motorcycle boys of Umuaka seem not to be bothered by several road mishaps some of them have got involved in recently. Umuaka Times observed with dismay, some of them who had suffered road accidents in the past, still indulge in reckless riding after their injuries have healed. It appears they are on their highway to hell and nothing whatsoever is really stopping them.
