Mr. Fredrick Yitah, a 28-year-old level 400 student of the Wa Campus of the University for Development Studies (UDS), died when an articulated truck the students were using as float ran over him.
The accident occurred on Thursday at about 1330 hours at Kambali in Wa.
The float was organised by the students to mark the Students� Representative Council (SRC) week celebration of the University.
The deceased, who left behind a wife and a child, was taken to the Wa Government Hospital where he died.
Some of the students who witnessed the accident told the Ghana News Agency in Wa that the deceased fell from the top of the vehicle.
However, an officer of the Upper West Regional Motor Traffic and Transport Unit, (MTTU) said he suspected the deceased was walking beside the vehicle and fell under resulting in his being run over by it.
The Regional MTTU appealed to university authorities and the leadership of the students to impress upon the students to be very careful and not to misbehave during such events to prevent tragedies
<<Print>>