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20 feared dead in Lagos boat mishap
« on: March 12, 2014, 05:49:10 AM »

No fewer than 20 persons are feared dead following a boat accident in Lagos State on Tuesday.



The boat, according to an online news portal, Eagle Online, capsized in FESTAC area of Lagos State.

The accident, eyewitnesses said, occurred around the Sixth Avenue on Tuesday evening

As of press time, five dead bodies had been pulled out of the wreckage.

Emergency rescue workers were still working to retrieve the other bodies from the water as of 11pm on Tuesday.

 

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