Female student killed in tragic car accident during graduation celebration

A female student tragically lost her life in a car accident on Monday at the Institute of Management and Technology (IMT) Enugu, while students were celebrating the completion of their final year examinations.

According to eyewitnesses, the accident occurred when a graduating student, caught up in the excitement of the celebration, drove recklessly, leading to the fatal incident.

One student, speaking anonymously, revealed that the car appeared to have suffered a brake failure, causing it to plough into a crowd of students.

The car hit several individuals before running over the victim, resulting in her untimely death.

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A video clip recorded at the scene, now circulating on WhatsApp, shows students attempting to lift the vehicle off the victim’s body.

The IMT management has confirmed the tragic incident. In a statement released on Tuesday, Acting Rector Emeka Ejim expressed his condolences and reiterated that students had been repeatedly warned against “riotous and excessive celebrations.”

“The girl that died is not an IMT student, but (she is of) Peaceland. She came to sign off one of the injured students,” Mr Ejim said.

Peaceland is a private university located a few miles away from the IMT.

The acting rector said apart from the deceased victim, two other female students from the public administration department were injured in the accident.

He said the injured students were receiving treatment at Posh Hospital in the New Haven Area of Enugu.

Mr Ejim said one of the injured students is an HND I student while the second victim is an HND II – all from the public administration department of the institution.

He said one of the injured students would be transferred to the Orthopaedic Hospital Enugu on Wednesday because X-ray results showed she had a fractured bone in her leg.

Mr Ejim announced the indefinite suspension of the final year examinations in the institution.

“The AB and the management will be having an emergency meeting tomorrow, Wednesday, 2 October 2024, at 9 00 a.m. to deliberate further,” he said.

The institution’s spokesperson, Mark Eze, said that the examination was suspended so that management could investigate the incident.

“We want to find out what happened and how it happened.

“Despite all our warnings, these students still went ahead to do the type of celebrations that led to this incident,” Mr Eze, a lawyer, said.