Two people have been killed and five others missing after a car, Opel Vectra with the registration number JNN 348 NC, crashed into a river along Bauchi-Jos highway in Toro local government area of Bauchi State.
A resident of the area said the driver of the car, comprising six other passengers, lost control and plunged into the river.
The spokesperson of the state Police Command, Ahmed Wakili, who confirmed the incident said two corpses were recovered from the river.
Wakili gave the identity of one of the two recovered bodies as Ibrahim Rabi’u, 41, a resident of Miya Barkate village in Toro local government. He said the identity of the other corpse was yet to be known.
“During the search, we discovered that the Vectra was carrying seven passengers. Search operation is still ongoing to recover the remaining five passengers who were on board the car,” he said.
Wakili said during a search the Police found a wallet containing a permanent voter card belonging to one Muhammad Alhassan of Zarmaganda, Jos, Plateau State.
He said the wreckage of the car has been removed from the river, and the victims taken to the Toro General Hospital where they were certified dead by a medical doctor before they were handed over to their relatives for burial.
