No fewer than seven people were killed in Kano on Sunday
when a pedestrian bridge at Dorayi quarters, Kano, collapsed,
the state Police Command said. The command’s Public
Relations Officer, ASP Magaji Majiya, confirmed the incident in
an interview with newsmen.
Majiya said the incident happened around 4:45 p.m. when the
bridge, which was still under construction, caved in and
collapsed on a car, which was passing underneath it. “The
workers at the site had warned motorists not to pass because
they were working on the bridge but the driver of the taxi
allegedly ignored the warning.
“So, the moment he moved; before he passed, the bridge
caved in and collapsed on the vehicle, which led to the death
of seven persons,’’ he said. According to him, the vehicle has
since been evacuated from the scene while the corpses have
been deposited at a hospital morgue.
Majiya said the police had also commenced investigation into
the cause of the incident.