The Lagos State Waterways Authority (LASWA) has confirmed that one person died on Wednesday when a passenger ferry collided with a submerged shoreline concrete.
In a statement released on Wednesday in Lagos, Mrs. Wuraola Alake of LASWA’s Public Affairs Unit revealed the information.
Alake said that the accident occurred around Power Line Corridor on the Lekki- Ikoyi Link Bridge.
She said that the mishap took place at 6.50 p.m. when an Ibeshe-bound passenger ferry named T-Ben, which departed Addax Jetty, had a collusion with the submerged shoreline concrete.
“Of the 17 people reported to be on this boat, 15 have been rescued, and one fatality has been verified.
“Rescue effort is ongoing as at the time of issuing this statement.
“Officers from the Search and Rescue Unit of the Lagos State Waterways Authority and other volunteers are still at the location carrying out further rescue operations,” she said.
She said that officers from the Marine Unit of the Nigeria Police Force and Lagos State Emergency Management Agency were at LASWA office to hand over the recovered female corpse to Lagos State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit.(NAN)
