A Zimbabwean student has died after he jumped off a moving truck in India. He was studying at a private university in the Gujarat city of ...
A Zimbabwean student has died after he jumped off a moving
truck in India. He was studying at a private university in the Gujarat city of
Vadodara.
According to The Times of India, the deceased, Blessing
Muchangwara (23) was with a friend Anishu Regi, also Zimbabwean, when the
tragedy occurred.
Local police said that the duo had taken lift from an
unidentified truck driver to reach home from their friend’s house. As the truck
crossed a bridge and the driver did not stop, and Muchangwara jumped off the
vehicle.
According to his friend, the truck driver did not stop even
after that. He only stopped some three kilometres later and Regi walked back to
the spot where Muchangwara had jumped. Muchangwara had died by then as an
unidentified vehicle had ran over him.
An offence of rash driving and causing death due to
negligence was registered at a local police station.
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