Vehicle Knocks Down 4 Police Men in Benin

 

No fewer than four policemen were on Monday knocked down by a vehicle around Ring Road, opposite the Anthony Enahoro Assembly Complex in Benin, Edo State. PUNCH Metro gathered that the policemen were on their way to the scene of an accident in the area when a Toyota Camry rammed into the security personnel.

An official of the Edo State Traffic Management Agency, Mr. Amadin Uwas, told our correspondent that, although no life was lost, the policemen sustained serious injuries and were rushed to the Central Hospital in Benin.

Uwas said, “What really happened was that some officers were trying to rescue the driver of the car that rammed into a fence. Suddenly another car coming from Airport Road hit them.”

An eyewitness, who declined mentioning his name, said that two of the police officers who sustained injuries were taken to the University of Benin Teaching Hospital.

“As we speak now, two of the men are in UBTH but no life was lost,” he said.

Efforts to reach the police spokesperson, DSP Noble Uwoh, on the matter, proved abortive at the time of filing the report.