Boat accident in Lagos leaves 21 dead, 11 rescued

Boat accident in Lagos leaves 21 dead, 11 rescued


DAILY POST
A boat accident has claimed no fewer than 21 lives at Imore town in the Amuwo-Odofin area of Lagos State.

The State Police Public Relations Officer, SP Benjamin Hundeyin, who confirmed the incident on Tuesday in Lagos, said the police received a distress call about the accident on Monday that two unregistered passenger boats, both having 16 passengers onboard, collided in the middle of the lagoon at Imore Town.

He said that boats in the process capsized and passengers got drowned with the goods, adding that emergency responders consequently stormed the scene.

“Teams of conventional/marine policemen, local divers, and other emergency responders were swiftly mobilised to the scene where 11 of the passengers were rescued with injuries,” he said.

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