According to report shared by a Facebook user,the 14-year-old pupil pictured below was on Monday crushed to death by a fast-moving vehicle while being chased by a masquerader, popularly known as okorosha, at Ogbaku, in the Owerri West Local Government Area of Imo State.

The deceased was on his way to school when he saw the masquerade and took to his heel while the masquerader capitalised on his fright and chased him till he ran into the path of the vehicle on the Onitsha-Owerri Road, a few metres from a police division in the area.After the incident, the masquerader was said to have mixed with other masqueraders, leaving the boy in a pool of blood.The incident happened around 9am.