Bus Crushes Man To Death in Aba

A young man in his early 20s yesterday met his untimely death in Aba,
Abia State, as he was pushed down from a moving commercial bus and
eventually crushed by another coming from behind.

It was gathered that the young man, whose identity could not be
immediately ascertained, had entered a commercial bus heading towards
Aba main motor park.

It was also gathered that the men in the commercial bus attempted to
dispossess their victim of his belongings inside the bus.

But the young man was said to have resisted the hoodlums and the
driver of the bus veered off Asa Road into Azikiwe Road where the
occupants of the bus opened the door and pushed the young man out of
the moving bus.

To make matters worse for the young man, a commercial bus said to be
coming from behind Ariaria market axis crushed him and he died
instantly.

An eye witness said: "The commercial bus veered into Azikiwe Road from
Asa Road in high speed and before anybody knew what was happening,
some men inside the bus pushed the young man out from the bus and sped
off.

"Before people around could rush to give him a helping hand, another
commercial bus heading towards Ariaria market crushed him and he died
instantly."

When Vanguard correspondnets visited the scene of the incident, the
corpse of the young man was still lying in the middle of the road as
plain cloth police men who arrived the scene were seen trying some
numbers they found on his mobile phone to contact his relations.