A wheelbarrow pusher, identified as Ifeanyichukwu Udo has died in fatal road accident along Ikwerre Road/Ekwe Street in the Mile 3 area of Diobu, Port Harcourt, Rivers State.
The accident happened on Friday morning with eyewitnesses saying that the tragic incident occurred a few minutes before 6:00 a.m. when a Mitsubishi commercial bus reportedly rammed into and crushed Udo, believed to be in his early 40s, while he was standing by the roadside at the Ikwerre Road/Ekwe Street junction.
Sources told our correspondent that another pedestrian who was also struck by the vehicle narrowly escaped death but sustained serious injuries.
The victim was immediately rushed to a nearby clinic for medical attention by traffic personnel and operatives of the Nkpolu Police Division led by the Divisional Police Officer, CSP Ogbuefi Henry King.
The sources further disclosed that the driver of the commercial bus, identified simply as Saturday, was arrested at the scene, while the vehicle was impounded and taken to the police station for further investigation.
Superintendent of Police Agabe Blessing Karbolo, Police Public Relations Officer (PPRO), Rivers State
confirmed the incident, saying that one person lost his life in the accident.
She said; “I can confirm the accident which claimed one life along the Mile 3/Ikwerre Road axis of Diobu, Port Harcourt. The driver of the vehicle has been arrested, while investigation into the incident is ongoing”.
