Edo accident: Bodies of 2 children of same parents yet to be recovered – FRSC

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Edo accident: Bodies of 2 children of same parents yet to be recovered – FRSC

Six days after a commercial bus traveling from Lagos to Port Harcourt veered off the highway and plunged into the river Ovia in Edo State, the Federal Road Safety Corps, FRSC, said the bodies of two babies involved in the accident have not been found.

It was reported that the Sector Commander, Edo FRSC, Mr Cyril Mathew disclosed this to newsmen on Tuesday while giving update of the accident in Benin City.

It was recalled that the accident occurred last Thursday, September 12, 2024.

Mathew said the two children between the ages of five and seven years are of the same parents.

He said in the lone accident, where the bus plunged into the Ovia River in Ovia North East Local Government Area, six persons were rescued alive, two bodies were recovered from the river while more passengers remain trapped.

The FRSC boss said a total of five bodies had so far been recovered from the river and the village close to it.

He added that the body of a lady was discovered inside the bus when the bus was removed from the river.

According to him, the ones that have not been found are the bodies of two children, a boy and a girl. One is five years old and the other is seven years old.

“The parents of the children were part of the accident but they survived.

“The driver of the bus was found on Sunday and the family buried him at the bank of the river. Another body that was also found was buried similarly.

“The bodies had floated to a nearby village and were discovered by fishermen who were part of the rescue mission when the accident happened,” he said.