Truck Crushes man to Death in Abakaliki

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The deceased crushed under the truck

A truck with registration number Zamfara XA664-BUG this Sunday crushed a young man returning from football training to death along Waterworks road, at Abakaliki, Ebonyi State.

A friend of the deceased who rode on the same motorbike  is said to be lying critically in an undisclosed hospital, reported a source.

Police and Road Safety officials swiftly moved in and brought sanity to the scene by taking the corpse of the deceased to the morgue and the truck to the traffic unit of FRSC state command.

The truck driver who initially ran away from the scene is believed to have been arrested by the Police.




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Source: Boundless. “The Feminist Perspective.” Boundless Sociology. Boundless, 26 May. 2016. Retrieved 11 Nov. 2016 from https://www.boundless.com/sociology/textbooks/boundless-sociology-textbook/sociology-1/theoretical-perspectives-in-sociology-24/the-feminist-perspective-158-7930/