On board the ship were 60 passengers. As a result of the crash, 22 people were killed. As reported by PM News Nigeria, the national emergency management department of the state has confirmed the death of people. At the same time, according to this department, seven passengers managed to escape.
According to Malam Hussain Ibrahim, a national officer of the national administration, some of those who survived said that the ship crashed into a log of timber in the river and turned over.
Recall, as reported URA-Inform, in Brazil in the river Shingu, inflow of the Amazon, on Wednesday, August 23, the ship sank. On its board were 70 passengers. As a result of the incident, killed at least seven people. At the same time dozens are considered missing.