{"id":880,"date":"2022-10-19T13:54:31","date_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:54:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newsnigeria24.com\/?p=880"},"modified":"2022-10-19T13:54:37","modified_gmt":"2022-10-19T13:54:37","slug":"nigerian-student-killed-by-the-propeller-of-a-rented-private-plane-during-a-dinner-date-in-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newsnigeria24.com\/news\/nigerian-student-killed-by-the-propeller-of-a-rented-private-plane-during-a-dinner-date-in-america\/","title":{"rendered":"Nigerian Student killed by the propeller of a rented private plane during a dinner date in America"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-199.png?resize=1024%2C683&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"Nigerian Student killed by the propeller of a rented private plane during a dinner date in America\" class=\"wp-image-881\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-199.png?resize=1024%2C683&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-199.png?resize=300%2C200&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-199.png?resize=768%2C512&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-199.png?resize=1536%2C1024&amp;ssl=1 1536w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/newsnigeria24.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/10\/image-199.png?w=1824&amp;ssl=1 1824w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" data-recalc-dims=\"1\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>A Nigerian student studying in the United States was killed by the propeller of a private plane he rented for a dinner date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sani Aliyu, 21, died in a freak accident on Sunday night, October 16, after walking into a spinning propeller of a small plane on his way back from a date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At Statesboro-Bulloch County Airport, the Georgia Southern University student was returning to the plane piloted by his two friends when he was hit twice in the head.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mr Aliyu and his date were on their way to Savannah, which is about 55 miles from the main campus of the university where he was studying.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Bulloch County Coroner Jake Futch told Statesboro Herald: &#8220;They flew to Savannah to go on a date, flew back, landed at the Statesboro Airport, and the young lady got off the plane, and he got off the airplane and walked toward the front of the plane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8220;And when he did, the propeller hit him.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson said the accident happened when the aircraft had \u201ctaxied onto the ramp area\u201d and was left stood still around 10.35pm on Sunday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The single-engine Cessna was carrying four passengers on the plane, the pilot, the co-pilot along with Mr Aliyu and his date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>No one else was injured.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A spokesperson for the Bulloch County Sheriff\u2019s Office, Todd Hutchens, said the incident was an accident and no one was at fault: &#8220;Nobody is really at fault of anything. 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