By Favour Nnabugwu

ABUJA — Commuters at Kubwa, on Abuja expressway, were yesterday stranded, following an accident involving a Mercedes Benz and  Golf cars that left three people critically injured.

The accident caused traffic gridlock which left commuters stranded as commercial vehicles could advance to pick them to their destinations.
The Golf car, which was conveying aged man and woman and a middle-aged woman, had engine problem and was said to have stopped abruptly in the middle of the road, as the Benz, said to be on top speed, rammed into it.

An eye witness said the two vehicles were facing Kubwa direction when the accident occurred at about 11:20a.m.
According to the witness, passersby and motorists promptly stopped to call the attention of Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, whose operatives unfortunately arrived the scene 35 minutes after they were informed.

It was gathered that police officers at the scene promptly had to stop a painted taxi to move the injured to the hospital.
Driver of the Black Mercedes Benz, Idris Bashar, who apparently did not sustain physical injury, said, “the engine broke down and I hit them from behind, I was behind them and they stopped suddenly and I hit them.

“Some people are saying the engine broke down, but all I know is that they were in front of me and they stopped all of a sudden.”
An eye witness who identified himself as Ikechukwu Iweala, said he arrived the accident scene shortly after it occurred and called FRSC and FEMA when he saw the three people lying on the road.

“We weren’t present at the time it took place, we were just passing by and saw the whole situation and decided to help as much as we  could with Road Safety and FEMA but we did not see accident occur.
“We came, saw the victims on the ground and decided to help out,” Iweala told Vanguard.

Leader of the FRSC team refused to disclose the unit command he came from, but said reluctantly that they received a distress call and responded immediately to the scene of the accident.