Multiple motor accidents along the Abuja/Keffi Expressway have left three people killed and nine others injured.
Reportedly, the incident transpired at approximately 9 p.m. on Friday, involving a total of not less than eleven vehicles in a series of collisions.
A commercial driver, Tobi Adebayo, who plies the area, told newsmen on Saturday that a heavy-duty truck lost control and caused the accident. He said the driver of the truck fled the scene.
Adebayo said, “A trailer going towards Keffi lost control and rammed into a vehicle that also rammed into another and it kept happening like that. About 11 vehicles were involved in the accidents. 12 people were rushed to the hospital out of which three have died. The remaining nine are still in the hospital receiving treatment. The driver of the trailer managed to escape from the scene and ran away. ”
The FCT police spokesperson, Josephine Adeh, confirmed the multiple car accidents that occurred along the Abuja-Keffi Expressway on Friday. She said the police had started contacting the families of the victims.
Adeh also said that the police are making every effort to apprehend the truck driver.
She said, “We received a distress call and our men immediately rushed to the scene. They rushed the victims to the hospital where the doctors certified three dead. Nine are currently receiving treatment. Efforts are ongoing to contact the families of the victims and to arrest the driver of the trailer.”