A yet-to-be-identified teenager on Thursday plunged a Mercedes-Benz GLK valued at about N22 million into the Ikpoba Hill River in Benin Metropolis, Edo state, and reportedly resisted makes an attempt by residents to rescue him.
The incident, which occurred at a automobile wash close to the river alongside the Ikpoba Hill axis, left residents in shock as the driving force allegedly refused to exit the submerged automobile regardless of repeated pleas.
Blueprint gathered that {the teenager} had pushed the automobile to the power for laundry and, shortly after it was cleaned, re-entered the SUV and all of the sudden accelerated straight into the river.
Residents within the space had been mentioned to have shortly mobilised and made frantic efforts to save lots of him after the automobile went beneath.
Nevertheless, the driving force reportedly remained contained in the automobile, making a tense and bewildering scene.
He was finally forcefully pulled out of the automobile by residents, as seen in a viral video of the incident.
A witness who merely recognized himself as Osazee mentioned: “As quickly because the automobile plunged into we mobilised and entered the water to rescue the driving force. We had been stunned when he refused to return out.”
Within the video, {the teenager} was heard claiming he took the motion on account of {financial} stress from members of the family and pals, though the declare couldn’t be independently verified.
As of the time of submitting this report, the circumstances surrounding the incident remained unclear, whereas the situation of the driving force couldn’t be instantly ascertained.
The Edo State Police Command and officers of the Federal Highway Security Corps (FRSC) had been but to challenge official assertion as of press time.