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Four diplomatic corps officers from the Ethiopian embassy were on Monday involved in an accident on Independence Avenue in the Central Business District of Abuja.

The accident, which occurred at about 2pm, left the occupants of the diplomatic hilux vehicle with registration number 43 CD 01 corps diplomatique, badly injured.

A witness, who pleaded anonymity, told NAN that the vehicle hit a billboard and somersaulted when the driver could not control the vehicle.

“I saw the vehicle and heard the noise when the driver was trying to apply the brake but he failed to control the vehicle,” he said.

“I think the driver slept off or lost control and collided with a billboard, pulling it down and making the vehicle to somersault.

“We pulled them out from the vehicle and they were badly injured.

“The police had rushed them to the hospital.”

Joseph Plangshak, a traffic officer, who blamed the accident on brake failure, said the victims had been taken to the National Hospital for treatment.

“My colleagues have taken the victims to the National Hospital, Abuja for treatment,” he said.

“We were called to come and access the situation and evacuate the vehicle to ensure flow of traffic along the busy road.”

It took the prompt intervention of officers of the Nigeria police and Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC) to evacuate the vehicle.