A female student identified as Miss Cynthia Okebaram of the Micheal Okpara University was on Monday crushed to death by a bus driver.
The ugly incident which happened at the main gate of the institution as reported was caused by the driver who was on high speed on the ever-busy Umuahia Ikot-Ekpene Road when he tried to overtake a trailer; Skidded off the road and hit the student who was standing close to the gate apparently with the intention of crossing the road, crushing her skull.
This attracted the wrath of other students around who wasted no time in destroying the vehicle and setting it ablaze.
However, the driver was said to have escaped unhurt to a nearby police station.
The deceased was said to have completed her Diploma in Computer Science and was processing her clearance.
