The vehicle which is a Nissan pick-up truck that plunged into the Ovia River in Ovia North East local government of Edo State near Benin City has been recovered from the river but whereabouts of the occupants whose number could not be ascertained are yet unknown.
Though hopes of finding them alive continue to dim as the time the accident happened is over 24 hours, local divers has continued the search.
The Sector Commander, Federal Roads Safety Commission (FRSC), Paul Okpe said “the vehicle was pulled out but the divers are still trying to get the occupants, the vehicle is a Nissan Frontier pick-up.”
