A final-year student of Ambrose Alli University (AAU), Ekpoma, Edo State, was reportedly crushed to death during a motorcade after his signing out ceremony.
Citizens Compass gathered that the motorcade took place on Monday where the deceased alongside his mates took to the highway in celebration of their signing out.
The motorcade was thereafter involved in an accident leading to the untimely death.
According to eyewitnesses’ accounts, the motorcade drove recklessly against safety rules and an accident occurred when the deceased attempted to overtake a moving truck.
He thereafter collided with a stationary vehicle along the highway.
Confirming the accident on Tuesday, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Edo State Command, Cyril Mathew, said one person died while five others were injured.
“The students, after writing their last paper, took to the road in a convoy.
“In the process, one of them overtook another vehicle and rammed into a stationary truck,”
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