Officers of Directorate of Road Traffic Services (DRTS) popularly known as VIO, sustained injuries in an accident at the Lugbe Bridge along Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Road, Abuja.
The accident was caused by the VIO officers who were driving on “One Way” while chasing a vehicle at the Lugbe interchange.
according to eye witness report, the officers were driving against the traffic on the bridge in an attempt to arrest a driver whose vehicle documents were alleged to have expired but, in the process, had a head-on collision with an oncoming Toyota Corolla vehicle.
The two vehicles involved were damaged beyond recognition, while the injured VIO officers had been rushed to the hospital..
The incident which attracted a large number of passersby and sympathizers who thronged the scene, blamed the officers for the accident.
The driver of the vehicle (Abraham) who escaped death by a whisker while narrating his experience said he was ascending the bridge when he suddenly saw the VIO vehicle coming from the opposite direction at high speed.
He said it was God that kept him alive considering the impact of the crash.
RN