Driver crushes 4 pupils to death, injures 10 in Anambra

    Four pupils of Ugwube Primary School Oba in Idemili South Local Government of Anambra State have been crushed to death by a driver, leaving 10 others with various degrees of injury.

The accident which occurred on Monday along Oba-Nnewi old road had three of the pupils killed at the spot while the fourth one died in the hospital where the injured were taken to.

An eye-witness account said the pupils who had just closed from school nearby were milling down the Oba-Nnewi old road back to their homes when the driver said to be reckless with an Infinity Jeep rammed into them.

Meanwhile, the police in the state have arrested the driver, one Mr. Chibuzor Elebo.

Confirming his arrest to newsmen, the Oba Divisional Police Officer, Ifeanyi Abanaofor said: “The injured were about ten and they have been taken to various hospitals for medical attention. The driver of the ill-fated vehicle, Mr. Chibuzor Elebo, has been arrested.”

The eye-witness while attributing the crash to the recklessness of the driver, said he (driver) was driving while answering telephone calls when the incident happened.

He said: “He lost control and veered off his lane into the other lane before ramming into the kids, killing three instantly, while the fourth one died in hospital.”