The Delta State Police Command has mentioned that 5 passengers died in a ship accident at Bennett Island in Gbaramatu Kingdom in Warri South-West Native Authorities of the state.
Spokesman of the command, SP Shiny Edafe, who made this identified to newsmen yesterday in Warri, added that six different individuals have been injured within the accident, whereas Protesters 19 others have been rescued and one individual was nonetheless lacking.
Edafe mentioned: “5 discovered useless, six individuals injured and nonetheless receiving remedy, 19 individuals rescued and one nonetheless lacking,” he mentioned, with out giving additional particulars.
Sources mentioned that the ill-fated boat was getting back from a burial ceremony on the wee hours of Saturday when the unlucky incident occurred.
The supply mentioned that the boat, which conveyed about 30 passengers, had a head-on collision with a submerged go browsing the waterway.
In keeping with supply, the boat capsized and threw all the passengers onboard into the water “The tragic incident threw the passengers onboard the boat into the water.
“In fact, a lot of them have been unable to swim and have been additionally not carrying life vests, so that they have been drowned instantly. “The physique of a toddler was discovered floating on the creek hours after the tragic mishap,” one of many sources mentioned.
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