Students of the Federal University of Technology, Minna blocked the ever-busy Minna-Bida road on Sunday, September 10, when a truck killed a 200-level student and injured two others.

The accident occurred in front of the gate of the main campus of the University at Gidan Kwano on the outskirts of Minna.

It was learned that the deceased was a 200-level student of Electrical Engineering identified as Abdulazeez while the identity of the other two are currently unknown.

The students were said to have been on a motorcycle from their residence in Gidan Kwano to the school campus when the truck that was trying to overtake another vehicle at its front allegedly lost control and rammed into the three students.

The other two students are receiving treatment in Minna General Hospital while the body of the deceased has been deposited at the mortuary.

The students in their protest stated that several demands have been made to the school authority to put speed bumps on the road so that any vehicle approaching the school gate would slow down but the school has yet to put in the measure.

Some students in the department of the deceased disclosed that the deceased student had lost his mother last week.

The Niger state Commander of the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC), Kumar Tsukwam confirmed the incident, saying that it was a fatal crash where one person died and two others were injured.

He said that the crash was a fatal and multiple crash caused by overspeeding and wrongful overtaking adding that it involved a truck that was heading to Bida and a Bajaj motorcycle that was conveying the three students coming from Gidan Kwano to the school campus.

Tsukwam said that the truck and the motorcycle are currently under police custody

As at the time of filing this report, the police were shooting teargas in an attempt to disperse the students from protesting. (Courtesy, excluding headline, The Nation)

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