Three people have been confirmed dead by local divers after a taxi with four persons traveling from Obubra in Cross River state to Calabar, the state capital, plunged into a river along the Calabar-Ikom highway on Saturday, September 8.
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| According to Vanguard, the taxi was trying avoid a collision with a truck that had left its lane, when the driver swerved the car off the road and plunged into the river. |
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Bloated corpses of three passengers was dragged out of the river after a four day search by local divers.
Ekong, a 21-year-old female who survived the terrible tragedy, was temporarily deaf due to the impact of the crash. She could not explain which side of the river the taxi plunged into, apart from saying that her boyfriend was inside.
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