A team of local divers and police has retrieved the lifeless body of an 8-year-old girl from Nyagak River in Zombo District following a three-day search.
The deceased has been identified as Sarah Akello, who was among the occupants of a taxi, registration number UBJ 956G, that plunged into the Nyagak River on Monday.
Charles Upoka, the girl’s father, reveals that his daughter was travelling with his wife Rose, their two other children, and his brother on the day of the accident.
Upoka confirms that his brother was pronounced dead at St. Mary’s Hospital Lacor in Gulu City due to injuries sustained, adding that the body of his 4-year-old son, John Adriko, is still missing in the river.
He further says that his wife and one other child are receiving treatment at Holy Family Hospital, Nyapea, in Zombo District.
The LC I of Mathawele Village, Oyeyo Parish, Nyapea Sub-county, Ezeno Mananu Ozele, appeals to well-wishers to support the divers who are continuing the search for the missing bodies believed to still be in the river.
Zombo District Police, led by the OC Traffic and District Speaker Hassan Ringtho, took the recovered body for postmortem at Holy Family Hospital Nyapea, before handing it over to the family for burial in Uliri Parish, Kango Sub-county.
Preliminary reports suggest that the taxi’s brakes failed before it plunged into the river.
By URN
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