Two persons have been confirmed dead and five others missing after a car plunged into a river on the outskirts of Tilden Fulani, along Bauchi-Jos highway in Toro Local Government Area of Bauchi State.
The passengers were reportedly travelling in a green Opel Vectra with number plate: JNN 348 NC when their driver lost control and plunged into a river on Saturday morning, July 24.
According to reports, two corpses were recovered from the river while the whereabouts of the remaining five passengers are unknown. The source added that the wreckage of the car was removed from the river by the community members and passersby who stopped to help.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, SP Ahmed Wakil, who confirmed the incident, gave the identity of one of the two recovered bodies as Ibrahim Rabi’u (41), a resident of Miya Barkate village in Toro LGA of Bauchi state.
“During the search, we discovered that the Vectra was carrying seven passengers. The search operation is still ongoing to recover the remaining five passengers who were on board the car,” he said.
He further said that in the course of the search, a wallet was found containing a permanent voters’ card belonging to one Muhammad Alhassan of Zarmaganda, Jos, Plateau State.
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