A car crushed to death a 26-year-old boy at a popular viewing centre
along Sani Abacha Road in Yenagoa, Bayelsa State capital, while he and
several others were watching the Super Falconets of Nigeria and
Germany Under-20 Female World Cup final in the early hours of
yesterday.
The incident, which occurred at about 1.30 am triggered pandemonium at
the bar some distance from NNPC filling station as fun seekers and
those watching the match scampered for safety.
Most of the eyewitnesses could not explain how the driver of the Honda
Sports Utility Van, SUV, crashed into the crowd of football fans and
fun seekers in the bar.
The driver of the vehicle, it was learnt, had attempted to drive out
of the car wash section of the bar where the vehicle was parked when
it rammed into the crowd.
A customer, identified as Biggy, who escaped death by the whiskers,
confirmed that the deceased used to work in a bakery.
Two other girls reportedly sustained serious injuries and were rushed
to the hospital.
According to an eyewitness, "the driver must have stepped fully on the
accelerator and drove straight at us. I and some other dived out of
his path but the boy was unlucky.
The vehicle crushed him and dragged him into the club." Some other
persons dancing inside the club were also injured."
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