At least 12 persons among them four undergraduates were killed in a boat mishap along the Ikoli River at Ayama in Ogbia local government area of Bayelsa State leaving two others with fatal injuries.
The injured persons are in critical condition at an undisclosed hospital.
The tragic incident, we learnt, occurred on Christmas Day at about 8.25 pm when a passenger speedboat collided with a local cargo boat.
While the driver of the speedboat and 11 of his passengers were killed in the deadly collision, two others were said to have sustained fatal injuries and were in critical condition.
Those who lost their lives in the boat mishap include a lecturer in one of the higher institutions in the state, some students of Niger Delta University and University of Calabar.
As at press time, eight corpses had been recovered by local divers, who are still combing the bed of the river for other missing bodies.
The decomposing corpses of the accident victims, it was learnt, were, yesterday, deposited at the morgue of the Federal Medical Centre, Yenagoa.
The passengers, including men and women, mostly students, were said to be fun seekers heading for Otuabula for a beach party to celebrate Xmas.

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