Three die as passenger boat capsizes in Taraba
A boat has capsized near the abandoned Namnai Bridge in Gassol Local Government Council of Taraba State, leaving three persons dead. Daily Trust learnt that the incident happened around 7.20 pm Friday when an engine boat carrying passengers and vehicles overturned in the water while crossing the Namnai River along Jalingo-Wukari road in Taraba. The […]
A boat has capsized near the abandoned Namnai Bridge in Gassol Local Government Council of Taraba State, leaving three persons dead.
Daily Trust learnt that the incident happened around 7.20 pm Friday when an engine boat carrying passengers and vehicles overturned in the water while crossing the Namnai River along Jalingo-Wukari road in Taraba.
The chairman Taraba State Inland Water Transporters, Jidda Mayoreniyo, while speaking to Daily Trust on the incident, confirmed that three people died in the boat mishap and several others rescued.
Daily Trust also gathered that about four vehicles on board the boat were still inside the water, while passengers lost their luggage and other belongings.
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The Namnai Bridge, once a critical link connecting Taraba to Benue and other parts of the North Central, North East and North West regions, collapsed in September last year and has remained in disrepair.
Over four thousand passengers and hundreds of vehicles are said to be ferried across the Namnai River on daily basis since the bridge collapsed.
Findings revealed that over 50 vehicles had fallen into the river while being ferried across.