PRAGUE, Oct 22 (Reuters) - A correspondent for the U.S.-funded Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL) went missing while on her way to an interview in Baghdad on Monday morning, the radio station said.

"Police found the body of her driver, shot and dumped in the street," RFE/RL said in a statement.

"There is no trace of the car or RFE/RL's correspondent."

Police in Baghdad had no immediate comment on the report.

The radio station, based in the Czech capital Prague, did not reveal the name or the nationality of the reporter, who works for RFE/RL's Arabic-language Radio Free Iraq service.

"RFE/RL is focusing all attention now on finding out what has happened to our colleague," RFE/RL President Jeffrey Gedmin said in the statement.

"We are working with the authorities in Baghdad and are in constant touch with friends and family. We remain hopeful we will get her back safely."

RFE/RL said Radio Free Iraq had lost two journalists in Iraq this year, Nazar Abd al-Wahid al-Radhi and Khamail Muhsin Khalaf.

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