Thursday, 13 March 2014
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13 bodies recovered from Lagos boat accident
The
wooden canoe that was conveying them and other eight passengers capsized midway
into the journey.
Among the
21 passengers were children returning from school and men and women coming back
from their places of work.
The
children, women and few of the men perished in the 15-meter-distance journey.
The man
who paddled the canoe was also said to be among the casualties. It was learnt
that some passengers held on to him in a last-ditch effort to cling to life.
Rescue
agencies said 13 dead bodies were recovered; five people were rescued alive,
while three others were still missing.
Our
correspondent learnt that the incident, which happened around 7.30pm, was
caused by overloading.
It was
learnt that the canoe usually carried a maximum of eight passengers, but was
forced to take 21, as some of the passengers sat on each other’s laps.
An
eyewitness, David Mark, who was part of the local rescue efforts, said, “The
incident happened around 7.30pm. The people wanted to cross over to the other
side and enter FESTAC
Town
A
resident of the area, Sikiru Balogun, said 12 corpses were recovered on the
first day, while one was taken out on Wednesday morning.
“Thirteen
people died in all, but we brought out five people alive. The man who paddled
it could have escaped too because he knew how to swim if not that those
people held on to him. This would not have happened if the canoe carried
only eight or nine people that it could take. Instead, it carried 21 people,”
he said.
Another
resident, Akeem Idris, said, “We first brought out a lady, whom I knew because
she used to sell recharge cards on my street. Then we brought out two people- a
boy and a man. A woman who had four children was also brought out dead with her
children.”
It was
learnt that N10 was usually paid as fare for a trip through a canoe, while a
longer route, usually by motorcycle, could cost N100.
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