Not fewer than 3 persons were on Monday morning reportedly killed in an accident involving a trailer and a commercial car in Abuja the Federal capital Territory.


A trailer plying the Gwagwalada – Lokoja Road on Tuesday, rammed into a golf car, carrying passengers from Zuba to Gwagwalada killing a little girl and two male, while injuring about 5 other passengers.

An eyewitness, one Abdulmunini who spoke to THE WHISTLER at the scene of the accident, said the accident was caused by the trailer which was making a U-turn at the Anagada U-turn, while the golf had already made a move to pass.

The eyewitness explained that the accident was so bad to the extent that the golf went under the trailer.

Abdulmunini said: “We were passing when we noticed the accident taking place. This trailer driver didn’t allow this golf to pass, the golf has already made a headway to pass, then the trailer made a U-turn and marched the golf.

He marched them from afar before dragging them to this place. We don’t know how many people were inside the car, but 3 are dead and they’ve rushed about 5 to the hospital.”

Abdulmunini said one of the men who died still has his head left in the car because his body was dismembered from his head, while the other man got his brain splashed on the ground.

“The parents of the small girl are among those rushed to the hospital. Her mother couldn’t even talk. We had to lift her from this vehicle to the one that conveyed them to the hospital,” he added.

Another eyewitness who described the accident as horrible said he knew the driver of the golf car because of his plate number.

“I know the driver. His name is Shehu Mallam Yusuf. He is an indigene of Borno State, from Gwoza Local Government. When I saw the car, I thought to stop by and checked to see if I know the owner and luckily enough it’s someone I know,” he said.

Calls and text messages sent to the mobile phone of the Gwagwalada – Lokoja Federal Road Safety Corps officials, were not responded to at the time of filing this report.