Divers recover more bodies two days after bus plunged into Ogun river

<p>Two more bodies have been recovered from the Omo river in Ogun State, where a Toyota Sienna bus plunged on Saturday.</p>, <p>DAILY POST had earlier reported that the bus, travelling from Benin to Lagos, had fallen into the river along the Ijebu-Ode/Benin highway.</p>, <p>The vehicle marked APP830HX, skidded off the bridge and landed in the water due to speeding, the Federal Road Safety Corps (FRSC) had said.</p>, <p>Local divers had on Saturday recovered three dead bodies from the river, while one man was rescued alive.</p>, <p>The accident, which occurred around J4, Ijebu East Local Government Area of Ogun, was the latest of similar incidents that had claimed lives on the same highway.</p>, <p>FRSC spokesperson in Ogun, Florence Okpe, told newsmen that the lone crash was caused by speeding which led to loss of control.</p>, <p>Giving an update on Tuesday, Okpe disclosed that two more bodies were recovered from the river by local divers, bringing the death toll to five.</p>, <p>“Two additional dead bodies were found by local divers on Monday,” she said.</p>