Truck kills IMSU student on way to exam hall
The Imo State University community in Owerri was on Tuesday
thrown into mourning when news filtered in that a final year student of the
varsity on his way to the school for the ongoing first semester examination had
been killed by a truck.
Eyewitnesses told our
correspondent that the student was crushed to death by a truck with number
plate, Ebonyi XD 520 AKL, at about 7.50am, at IMSU Junction, not far from the
campus.
It was gathered that the
trailer, which was coming into town from the Okigwe-Owerri Expressway, had
brakes failure and killed the student, who had allegedly jumped from a tricycle
out of fear.
One of the sources said, “The truck driver was shouting to
alert people that the truck had brakes failure. The student, who was in a
tricycle that faced the truck, jumped out, but he was eventually killed by the
truck.”
The spokesperson for the
police in the state, Andrew Enwerem, confirmed the accident, but said he had
yet to get the details.
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