{"id":59117,"date":"2025-01-07T11:08:59","date_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:08:59","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=59117"},"modified":"2025-01-07T11:08:59","modified_gmt":"2025-01-07T11:08:59","slug":"again-gwarinpa-residents-raise-concerns-over-reckless-driving-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2025\/01\/07\/again-gwarinpa-residents-raise-concerns-over-reckless-driving-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Again, Gwarinpa Residents Raise Concerns Over Reckless Driving"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Abdulkareem Adeyemi<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Residents of Gwarinpa, Abuja, have once again raised concerns over reckless driving following a high-speed crash along 6th Avenue that left one person injured and a vehicle severely damaged.<\/p>\n<p>The accident, which occurred between H-Medix and 7th Avenue, saw a speeding driver lose control, veer off the road, and plunge into a gutter.<\/p>\n<p>Eyewitnesses described the crash as dramatic, with the car momentarily balancing on one tire before slamming into the ground, shattering the front bumper and destroying a front tire.<\/p>\n<p>The vehicle carried two occupants at the time of the incident.<\/p>\n<p>While the passenger, who was wearing a seatbelt, escaped with minor injuries thanks to airbag deployment, the driver, who was unrestrained, suffered multiple injuries, including a broken hand and shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>He was rushed to a nearby hospital for urgent medical attention.<\/p>\n<p>The visibly shaken driver reportedly broke down in tears, lamenting how he would explain the accident to his mother, the car\u2019s owner.<\/p>\n<p>Gwarinpa residents have repeatedly expressed concerns over rising cases of reckless driving, with excessive speeding and disregard for traffic rules leading to frequent accidents.<\/p>\n<p>Many are calling for stricter enforcement measures to prevent further incidents and ensure road safety in the area.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Abdulkareem Adeyemi Residents of Gwarinpa, Abuja, have once again raised concerns over reckless driving following a high-speed crash along 6th Avenue that left one person injured and a vehicle severely damaged. The accident, which occurred between H-Medix and 7th Avenue, saw a speeding driver lose control, veer off the road, and plunge into a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":59093,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[177,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-59117","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-abuja-reports","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59117","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=59117"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59117\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":59119,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/59117\/revisions\/59119"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/59093"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=59117"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=59117"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=59117"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}