A truck driver, whose name was yet to be identified, has sustained injuries after his truck rammed into a petrol tanker in the middle of Gwagwalada bridge, along the Abuja-Lokoja highway.
Abuja Metro observed as FRSC, fire fighters, and NSCDC officials were busy controlling vehicles coming from the Lokoja axis.
The accident caused a gridlock for motorists coming from the opposite direction.
A witness said the accident happened around 3am on Thursday (yesterday) when the truck coming from Lokoja axis rammed into a broken-down tanker on the bridge and the driver sustained serious injuries.
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An official of the FRSC, who was part of the rescue operation, told our reporter that the tanker broke down in the middle of the bridge and that a truck rammed into it.
He said the injured driver was taken to the University of Abuja Teaching Hospital in Gwagwalada.
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