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The Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) says three corpses have been recovered after a vehicle plunged into a river in Gadan Tilde along the Bauchi-Jos road, Toro LGA of Bauchi state.

Yusuf Abdullahi, FRSC sector command in Bauchi, told NAN on Sunday that a search and rescue operation is underway to determine the number of victims involved in the lone auto crash.

Abdullahi explained that the incident occurred around 1 am on Friday after the driver of a green-colored commercial Opel Vectra, registered JNN 348 NC, lost control and swerved into the river.

He identified the driver of the vehicle as Ahmed Ali, adding that “we have not yet confirmed the total number of people involved. A search is still going on in the river and all the deceased have been buried”.

However, Ahmed Wakil, Bauchi state police command public relations officer (PRO), earlier said the car was carrying seven passengers.

Wakil identified one of the recovered bodies as Ibrahim Rabi’u (41), a resident of Miya Barkate village in Toro LGA of Bauchi state.

The PRO added that during the search operation, a wallet was found containing a permanent voters’ card belonging to one Muhammad Alhassan of Zarmaganda, Jos, Plateau state.

In June 2021, FRSC said six people died and 10 injured in a fatal motor accident in Gumero village of Ganjuwa LGA in Bauchi state.

The federal agency recorded 2,656 road crashes and 1,076 deaths in Nigeria in the third quarter of 2020.