Nigeria, Nov. 14 -- A man was killed on Friday evening after a coaster bus veered off the road and rammed into him while he was waiting to board a vehicle opposite Sky Memorial in Wuse, Abuja.

The victim was Henry Echi, a travel agent with Hinterland Travel, who hailed from Rivers State.

He was on official duty at the time of the incident, according to his colleague, Martha Nwakwo. Speaking in shock to a police officer at the scene, Ms Nwakwo said the deceased had been standing by the roadside, waiting for a bus, when the tragedy occurred.

The scene was gruesome. Images taken there showed one of the victim's organs exposed and partially covered with documents he had been holding before the crash. The documents were scattered around the...