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General News of Sunday, 25 July 2021

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FRSC retrieves 3 bodies after car plunges into river in Bauchi

The fatal accident occurred on Friday The fatal accident occurred on Friday

The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, says it has recovered three corpses from a river in Gadan Tilde, along Bauchi-Jos Road, in Toro Local Government Area of the state following an accident involving a commercial vehicle on Friday.

The Sector Commander, Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, told the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) in Bauchi on Sunday that a search of the river was ongoing to ascertain the number of victims involved in the lone auto crash.

He said the fatal accident occurred on Friday morning at about 1:00 am, after the driver of a green-coloured commercial Opel Vectra, with registration number JNN 348 NC, lost control and plunged into the river.

Abdullahi, who identified the driver of the vehicle as Ahmad Ali, said: “We have not yet confirmed the total number of people involved. A search is still ongoing in the river and all the deceased have been buried.”