A Cameroon born Dean killed in tow-truck accident

Dr. Elias Konwufine, called “Dr. K” by many of his students and colleagues, was the dean of Kaiser University’s business school. Originally from Cameroon, Konwufine earned three advanced degrees in the United States. He was killed Jan. 16 when his white Mercedes was being towed from the front of his home.
The family of Elias Konwufine, an associate dean at Keiser University in Fort Lauderdale, filed a lawsuit Thursday in Broward Circuit Court against the towing company they say caused his death outside their Lauderhill home last week.

The lawsuit seeks damages from Superior Lock & Roadside Assistance LLC, doing business as Capitol Towing, and a driver identified only as John Doe.

Konwufine, a 38-year-old father of three small children, was run over by his own car after the tow truck driver ignored his pleas to stop the process and “gunned” his truck trying to leave, according to the suit.

Konwufine “grabbed hold of the tow truck as it began to leave because as the tow truck left it swerved into him and was going to run him over,” the complaint states.

He was then dragged by the accelerating truck for several hundred feet, after which Konwufine could no longer hang on and fell under the wheels of his white Mercedes-Benz, the complaint states.

He died at a hospital.

Lauderhill police are investigating Konwufine’s death.