A commercial vehicle on Friday reportedly lost control and tumbled into a river in Gadan Tilde, along the Bauchi-Jos river.
Mr Yusuf Abdullahi, the Sector Commander, Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) in Bauchi, who confirmed the incident on Sunday said three corpses had been recovered from the river.
Abdullahi said that a search of the river was ongoing to ascertain the number of victims involved in the lone auto crash.
He explained that the fatal accident occurred on Friday morning at around 1:00 am, after the driver of a green-coloured commercial Opel Vectra, with plate number JNN 348 NC, lost control.
Meanwhile, the driver has been identified as Ahmad Ali.
“We have not yet confirmed the total number of people involved. A search is still ongoing in the river and all the deceased have been buried” Abdullahi said.
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