- A Nigerian student has lost his life in a ghastly accident in the US
- The young man and his friend where on a drive, when the car plunged into a river
Ebenezer Tosin Oloba
Ebenezer Tosin Oloba, a young Nigerian man and one Oscar Felipe Fuentes died after being involved in a fatal accident on their way to a student government conference in College Station, Texas.
Scene of the accident
The accident happened on Saturday, February 25. For reasons unknown, their vehicle went off the highway and plunged into the San Antonio River.
According to KIII TV, Fuentes was 19 and from Kingsville while Oloba, 23, and lived in Snellville. They were pronounced dead at the scene of the crash on U.S. 77 near Farm-to-Market Road near the Victoria-Refugio county line Sunday afternoon.
Policemen at the scene of the accident
They were both students at Texas A&M University-Kingsville TAMUK and members of the student government association.
Policemen and rescuers at the scene of the accident
The Association planned to hold a candlelight vigil in honor of the two students at 8 p.m. on Tuesday, February 28 in front of the Javelina statues on University Boulevard.
Meanwhile, according to reports, an unidentified student of the University of Ilorin, had attempted to end his life because he had been affected by the crash of MMM.
