The NULGE driver, Mal Uba, who sustained multiple fractures in left leg and arm with his head bleeding, was said to have died on the way to the hospital.
Three allegedly drunk policemen and three other persons have died in a ghastly auto accident at Gada Yan Biyu village in Shiroro Local Government Area (LGA) of Niger State.
The accident which happened around 8pm on Tuesday, also left two other people with different degree of injuries.
It was learnt that a vehicle with registration number ME 117 AAA carrying the three policemen was Minna-bound and had a head-on collision with a vehicle belonging to the Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees NULGE going to Kuta from Minna.
The NULGE driver, Mal Uba, who sustained multiple fractures in left leg and arm with his head bleeding, was said to have died on the way to the hospital.
One of the policemen involved in the accident, identified simply as Baba Jerry, was a father of four boys, while his wife is said to be also a police officer.
An eyewitnesses reported that the three policemen, from Minna barracks allegedly got drunk while driving and collided with the other vehicle coming.
“We arrived at the scene few minutes after it occurred, and we saw that five people had died instantly and the NULGE driver had sustained multiple fractures in left leg and arm with his head bleeding. He was taken into a Hilux van to be transported to IBB specialist but gave up few steps away from the scene.
“The other car that collided with them was with three persons suspected to be police officers heading for Minna; we lost all the three passengers on the spot.
“Two people survived: One Shuaibu from Kuji village in Kuta and one other man from Gwada. But the Gwada guy had injuries but is still alive,” he said.
According to some other witnesses, the policemen were drunk and driving on high speed.
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