Lucky Obukohwo Reporting
A graduate of Animal Science from the University of Benin, Freedom Ogbeide, has been killed in an accident on Forestry Road, Benin City, Edo State.
The deceased is said to be a dispatch rider
The deceased former classmate, who pleaded anonymity said that the accident involved the rider, a car and a trailer.
He said that the deceased took to the job after graduating from the department of Animal Science, UNIBEN, in the year 2021 with a Second Class Upper division.
He said, “The deceased was my Class Representative from our year one till we graduated from UNIBEN in 2021.
‘He was diligent and a good leader who took care of other people’s interest.
“The deceased still have both parents.
” We, his former classmates, are already in contact with his brother to know how to pay condolence visit to the family.
” His corpse has been deposited at the University of Benin Teaching Hospital mortuary, he added.
An eye witness also said that the bike of the dispatch rider was hit by a moving car which resulted in the rider falling off his bike on the tarred road.
The source stated that the rider was then crushed to death by an oncoming trailer before he could get up from the road.
“He was crushed by a truck after his bike was hit by a car. He tried to get up but he couldn’t because of the impact of the fall.
The Federal Road Safety Corp sector commander, Paul Okpe, confirmed the incident and noted that his Road Traffic crash had a record of the incident.