An auto lone accident caused by a heavy downpour over the weekend has claimed Seven lives in Bauchi when their car plunged into a river in the outskirts of Tilden Fulani, a village along the ever-busy Bauchi-Jos highway in Toro Local Government Area of the state.
The fatal accident was said to have happened on Saturday morning during torrential rain as confirmed by the State Police Command.
Reports have it that seven passengers were travelling in a green Opel Vectra with registration number: JNN 348 NC when the driver lost control and plunged into a river that was filled with water following a recent downpour.
A source in the village said that only two corpses were recovered from the river as of early Sunday morning while the whereabouts of the remaining five passengers could not yet be ascertained saying that they might have drowned and washed away by the torrents of the river.
He further said that the wreckage of the car was removed from the river by the community members and passersby who stopped to help.
According to him, they could not ascertain the identity of the driver and passengers as well as their destination.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Bauchi State Command, Ahmed Wakil, a Superintendent of Police, who confirmed the incident said two corpses were recovered from the river.
He 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 noting that the identity of the other corpse was yet to be identified.
Ahmed Wakil said that the victims were taken to the Toro General Hospital where they were certified dead by a medical doctor adding that the corpses were handed over to their relatives for burial.
The Police Spokesman said: “During the search, we discovered that the Vectra was carrying seven passengers. A search operation is still ongoing to recover the remaining five passengers who were on board the car.”
He 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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