Tanker crushes wedding guest

It was a tragic end for a wedding guest in Calabar, Cross River State on Saturday as he was crushed to death. 

The victim, identified simply as Francis, was trying to light a stick of cigarette when a tanker ran over him. He died instantly. This prompted irate youths to beat the driver to death with a pestle.
The driver, whose name could not be ascertained at press time, had gone to deliver Petroleum Motor Spirit (PMS) otherwise called petrol at Eddy Excel Filling Station located at No 50, Palm Street. He was driving out of the area after discharging the product when the tanker crushed Francis’ head.
The late Francis, who was a guest at a traditional wedding which took place opposite the station, was oblivious of the fact that the tanker was close by, although others who sat with him had fled. “The driver had finished discharging fuel and was driving out when I heard ‘kup kup’ as he was trying to apply break to slow the truck down.
But the truck kept going and the wedding guests who were seated on one side of the road took to their heels but Francis did not see the truck early enough and it crushed his head,” a resident of the area, who gave his name as Ndarake, said. The witness said the victim, who was seated, was trying to light a cigarette and did not see the truck early enough to escape alongside others. He added:
“The truck crushed him from behind, spilling out his brain on the road. “All we heard was ‘kpoo’ and his brain scattered on the road. When people saw what had happened, they went after the truck driver. “After killing the driver, the mob went to the filling station and pulled down all the eight service pumps, ransacked the offices and destroyed the glass doors and windows.
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