Oxford student, 19, dies after 'jumping in river' to celebrate end of year exams

Oxford student, 19, dies after 'jumping in river' to celebrate end of year exams

Wesley Akum-Ojong said in a blog post he had made ‘so many great memories’ at university (Picture: Rex) An Oxford university student who died in a river while celebrating the end of his exams has been named locally as Wesley Akum-Ojong. Wesley, 19, had only just finished the ‘best period’ of his life so far when he reportedly drowned in the River Thames wearing full academic dress. The Politics, Philosophy and Economics student at Brasenose Coll…

Oxford Uni student dies after jumping into River Thames to celebrate end of exams

The first year student was reading Politics, Philosophy and Economics at Brasenose College, where he said in blog post that "so much has changed" and he had "made so many great memories"

Mystery as student, 19, dies 'jumping in river' while celebrating end of exams

AN Oxford University student who tragically died in a river while celebrating the end of exams has been named. Wesley Akum-Ojong, 19, was said to have drowned in the River Thames wearing his full academic dress. Brasenose CollegeWesley Akum-Ojong was pulled from the water by rescuers on June 21[/caption] FacebookWesley was a first year student at Brasenose College, reading PPE[/caption] The first year student, who was reading Politics, Philosoph…