Several people, including a Warri Chief, have lost their lives in a fatal boat mishap at the Ughoton River in Okpe Local Government Area of Delta State.
They were said to be returning from a burial ceremony in an Agbarha Warri riverine community of Ukpokiti when the speedy boat they boarded rammed into a concrete pillar of the Ughoton / Omadino Bridge.
The husband of a missing woman and father to their missing children survived the incident as he was said to have swum out of the river unhurt.
The bodies of the victims of the boat mishap were still missing at the time of filing this report.
