Trailer crushes man in Aba

<p>An unidentified man believed to be in his 30s was on Tuesday crushed to death in Aba, Abia State, by a trailer.</p>, <p>The incident happened beside Luxury Hotels, along Aba-Owerri road, in the commercial city.</p>, <p>The trailer, driven by one Boniface Okonkwo, was said to have hit the victim, resulting in his death.</p>, <p>The Police Public Relations Officer, PPRO, of Abia State Police Command, ASP Maureen Chioma Chinaka, confirmed the development to DAILY POST, in a telephone chat.</p>, <p>The PPRO, who said that the corpse of the accident victim had been evacuated by Policemen from the Aba division, however, said investigations have commenced on the matter.</p>, <p>She added that the result of the investigation would reveal the details of how the accident happened.</p>, <p>“It was an accident. We are investigating the incident”, the PPRO said.</p>, <p>However, some online reports on Tuesday claimed the accident victim was pushed down from a speeding tricycle by some criminals called ‘One Chance’.</p>, <p>The online reports also claimed that the trailer which crushed the unidentified victim was coming from behind the tricycle and could not stop before running over the victim.</p>