[ 2012-03-11 ]

UDS Student dies during SRC week celebration
Wa, March 10, GNA – Mr Fredrick Yitah, a
28-year-old level 400 student of the Wa campus of
the University for Development Studies (UDS) met
his untimely death after he was run over by an
articulator truck carrying them on a float.

The accident occurred on Thursday around 1:30pm at
Kambali a suburb of Wa.

The float was organised by the students to mark
the Students' Representative Council (SRC) week
celebration of the University.

The deceased who left behind a wife and a kid, was
rushed to the Wa Government Hospital where he died
after uncontrollable bleeding from the waste.

The flat body articulator truck was the vehicle
carrying the students round during the float when
the accident happened.

Some of the students who witnessed the accident
told the Ghana News Agency in Wa that the deceased
fell from the top of the vehicle carrying them.

The Regional MTTU urged the University Authorities
and the leadership of the students to impress upon
the students to be very careful and not misbehave
during such events to prevent such horrible
accidents.

Source - GNA

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