Four people, including a woman, have died and seven others critically injured when an 18-seater bus plunged into River Niger in Koton Karfe, Kogi State.
State Sector Commander of the Federal Road Safety Commission (FRSC), Solomon Agure, said the incident occurred at about 7:30 pm on Tuesday.
Agure said the bus with registration number JJN 73 XA, was heading to Kano from Lagos when the incident occurred, adding that the driver lost control of the vehicle after he fell asleep.
He said FRSC personnel and the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corp (NSCDC) were working to recover the only person yet to be accounted for.
He said that the recovered corpses have been deposited at a mortuary in Lokoja.
