Some students of the University of Cross River have blamed the recent death of three students on poor facilities at the general hospital in Calabar.

The students made the claim while speaking during a protest in Calabar on Monday.

It would be recalled that a bus in which the students travelled had a head-on collision with a truck along the Calabar-Itu highway on Friday.

The driver and three students of the university died due to injuries sustained in the accident.

The students who went for a football game at the University of Uyo, Akwa Ibom, were returning to Calabar when the incident occurred.

During the protest, the students carried placards with inscriptions that blamed poor facilities at the hospital for the deaths.

The protest took a violent turn when the students attacked personnel and hospital facilities.

They were, however, dispersed while taking the protest to the governor’s office following the arrival of policemen.

One of the students, Martha Ikom, said that after the crash, two of the deceased students were rushed to the general hospital but died due to the absence of health personnel.

“The students were rejected because there was no personnel at the emergency unit; they died while being taken to the University of Calabar Teaching Hospital.

“We are angry, and we are here to show our disapproval of this decay in public health facilities,” she said.

(NAN)