Ololade Adeyanju/
Three policemen on a routine patrol narrowly escaped being crushed to death by a caterpillar, which rammed into their pickup van in Ado-Ekiti, the Ekiti State capital.
NewsmakersNG learnt that the driver had lost control of the caterpillar along the NTA-Ilawe road and crashed into the patrol van which was coming in the opposite direction.
The impact had reportedly upturned the patrol van and pushed it a few metres before stopping.
The policemen, who sustained varying degrees of injuries, have been taken to an undisclosed hospital in the town.
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