3 die after taxi plunges into river in Cross River

Three people have been confirmed dead after a taxi with
four passengers traveling from Obubra in Cross Rivers state
to Calabar the state capital plunged into a river along
Calabar-Ikom highway last week Tuesday September 8th.
Fortunately, a 21 year old female traveling with her friend
survived the accident.
According to Vanguard, the accident happened when the
taxi driver tried to avoid a head on collision with a vehicle
that had left its lane, unfortunately, the taxi driver lost
control of the vehicle, swerved and plunged into the river.
After a four-day search by local divers , the taxi with the
bloated corpse of three passengers were pulled out of the
river on Saturday September 12th.
"The girl was too dazed and had become deaf and
so could not explain which side of the river the taxi
plunged into as it was difficult to make sense of
what she was saying apart from saying my
boyfriend is inside.
So divers searched for the taxi on the wrong side of
the river for days.
Apparently, when the taxi came head-on with the
truck, the driver decided to swerve the car to the left
side of the road since the truck had occupied the
other lane.
It was on Saturday evening, after a fruitless search
on the other side, that they decided to go to the
other side of the river and that was where they
located the taxi under the bridge and pulled it out,"
an eyewitness said.