No fewer than five persons sustained
injuries in a ghastly auto crash that occurred along the Ogui Road in the heart
of Enugu State capital on Friday afternoon.
The crash which
caused traffic gridlock for some hours on the busy dual-carriageway occurred at
about 2pm. Three vehicles were involved.
An eyewitness,
who identified himself as Obinna Njoku, said that he was driving ahead of a
Toyota Camry when the driver who was on top speed brushed a car which he was
trying to overtake dangerously.
“In a bid to
runaway, the driver increased his speed further and to avoid hitting a Sports
Utility Vehicle, SUV, ahead of him, slammed on his brake suddenly forcing his
car to fly in the air.
“He landed on top of the SUV ahead of
him and all the motorists and business operators around the scene, who heard
the loud bang, took to their heels. The young man who was carrying someone on
front seat, drove like James Bond and everybody around was surprised at
the level of speed that could make a car fly to the top of another car,” Njoku
said.
It was gathered
that when the two occupants came out of the car they were almost mobbed by the
people around who thought they were car snatchers but they reportedly pleaded
claiming that they were only trying to runaway after brushing another car few
meters from the scene of the accident.
Policemen from
Ogui Police Division later towed the two vehicles to the police station.
The State Police
Public Relations Officer, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu said when contacted that the
incident was purely an auto accident and not car snatching as was being
rumoured.
He said that the
two vehicles involved in the accident had been towed to Ogui police station while
investigations have commenced to determine what really happened.
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