Nigerian Husband Crushed By A Lorry After Storming Out Of Car After Row With Wife Over Credit Card

A Nigerian holidaymaker was killed on a motorway after
getting out of a car on the way to the airport following a
row with his wife over their credit card. Nahinmu Nicholas
had stormed out of the Ford Focus with his suitcases, saying
he was going to hitch-hike to Heathrow, but was knocked
down by a lorry in the morning darkness.

His wife had
pulled over on what they both thought was the hard
shoulder of the M25, not realising that it was a live lane
because of roadworks. A coroner was told that lorry driver
Martin Hook was unable to avoid Mr Nicholas as he
suddenly caught sight of him.

His 13-tonne bread lorry also struck the couple's car in the
accident just six minutes after they had stopped on the
clockwise carriageway of the M25 at junction 6 for
Godstone, Surrey, at around 4.30am on April 10. Florence
Olokun-Ola told the inquest in Woking, Surrey, that her
husband was going to Nigeria alone for 12 days and that
the fight started because she wanted their bank card while
he was away. 'The argument became very aggressive and
his voice changed,' she added.

Mrs Olokun-Ola, who had earlier told how financial
problems had caused tension in their relationship, said she
no longer felt comfortable driving and pulled over to what
she thought was the hard shoulder. She added: 'He took off
his seat belt. As soon as the car stopped he took the keys
and opened the boot and took out his luggage. He put it by
the crash barrier.'

In an attempt to get her husband back in the car Mrs
Olokun-Ola drove forward a bit, but he started to walk
back down the carriageway trying to thumb a lift.
Then she felt the force of the collision as the lorry struck the
rear of her car. 'I got out the car and at first I was angry
because he didn't come running over to see if I was okay,'
she said. She then discovered her husband's body and ran
back to the car to dial 999. Mr Hook said he was travelling
through the roadworks at 50mph. 'The next thing I knew
was there was a dark shadow in front of me,' he added. 'I
turned straight away to the centre of the carriageway.' A
post-mortem examination concluded that Mr Nicholas died
as a result of severe head injuries.

Accident reconstruction officer PC Dominic Gibson said that
the stretch of the M25 where the accident happened was
unlit. He said there were signs warning that the hard
shoulder was now a live lane. Assistant Surrey Coroner
Michael Burgess recorded a verdict that Mr Nicholas, of
Dartford, Kent, died as a result of a road traffic collision.

Source:dailymail