Hit-And-Run Driver Crushes 400 Level Varsity Student On His Way To Withdraw Money In Bank To Death

By Babatunde Solanke

Tragedy occurred on Sunday in Jalingo, the Taraba State capital as  a hit-and-run driver on Sunday crushed to death a 400 level student of the Taraba State University.

The student, whose name was given as Joseph Afara, was said to have been on his way to withdraw money in one of the new generation banks located in the Roadblock area of Jalingo metropolis when the vehicle knocked him down.

According to an eyewitness, the incident was caused by recklessness on the part of the driver.

“The driver in his attempt to gain entrance into the Jalingo Motor Park, made a reckless manoeuvre into the wrong lane, resulting in the head on collision,” he said.

Another eyewitness, who sells goods close to the motor park, said the driver of the vehicle should be blamed for the death of the student with the way he drove the vehiclefor the untimely death of the student.

The trader, who also preferred anonymity, said if the driver had not attempted to manoeuvre his vehicle into a different lane, the accident would not have occurred.

The driver was also reported to have abandoned his vehicle and the student in a pool of blood and took to his heels in order to avoid being lynched by angry youths around the park.

The student, who did not die on the spot, was said to have given up the ghost shortly after he was rushed to the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, in Jalingo metropolis.