13 Dead as Boat Capsizes in Lagos
Five people survived when a crowded boat conveying about 24 passengers capsized in Festac Town, Lagos.
Thirteen people lost their lives in the accident while six bodies were still missing as divers searched the depths of river for bodies of victim the boat mishap.
The Sun reports that, most of the corpses recovered had been deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
Residents say that the boat, which ferries people from 4th Avenue to the nearby 6th Avenue, a distance of less than a 50 metres across the water, has a capacity for 17 passengers.
But on the ill-fated trip, the boat was bearing 24 passengers some of them youth allegedly on their way to watch a match at a football viewing centre at 41 Road, 4th Avenue.
Thirteen people lost their lives in the accident while six bodies were still missing as divers searched the depths of river for bodies of victim the boat mishap.
The Sun reports that, most of the corpses recovered had been deposited at the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital.
Residents say that the boat, which ferries people from 4th Avenue to the nearby 6th Avenue, a distance of less than a 50 metres across the water, has a capacity for 17 passengers.
But on the ill-fated trip, the boat was bearing 24 passengers some of them youth allegedly on their way to watch a match at a football viewing centre at 41 Road, 4th Avenue.
13 Dead as Boat Capsizes in Lagos
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