he Federal Road Safety Commission on Saturday said it had pulled out a
passenger bus that plunged into a river at Ogbere-Ijebu, Ogun State on
the Sagamu-Ore Expressway on Friday.
A pregnant woman and three other passengers miraculously survived the
accident, which was said to have occurred when the bus skidded off the
dual carriageway and plunged into the river.
The pregnant woman and the two other survivors were said to have
reached out for and clung to the branches of a tree as the bus lost
control and began its fatal plunge into the river.
An FRSC statement said12 corpses, comprising one male and 11 female, were pulled out of the bus.
“According to our findings, 21 people were inside the bus, the three that survived have been taken to hospital.
“FRSC’s coordinated search for the remaining victims with local divers continues.
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