The sudden closure of the University of Nigeria, Nsukka, UNN, claimed first casualties Tuesday evening as several students of the institution lost their lives in a multiple road accident.

It was gathered that the students, who were traveling home after the University authorities ordered them out of hostels, met their untimely death at the Nsukka-9th Mile Express way. Although the Enugu State Police Command put the death figure at three, an eyewitness account said the number was higher.

In a statement by the spokesman of the Enugu State Police Command, Mr. Ebere Amaraizu, DSP, he said “three persons have been confirmed dead while five others sustained various degrees of injuries”.