Pedestrian bridge collapses on taxi, 5 fear dead in Kano

By Abdulsalam Muhammad

KANO – Five passengers in a taxi were
believed to have died Sunday evening in
Kano when a pedestrian bridge under
construction on Sheik Jafar road collapsed
on the moving cab.



The pedestrian bridge which is located at
Karshen waya by Gidan mai was designed to
check and curtail risk associated with
pedestrian crossing at the densely populated
Doroyi suburb.

Eyewitness, Salisu Ibrahim told Vanguard
that the incident occured around 5.00 pm at
a time.

Malam Ibrahim said that the taxi cab had five
passengers including the driver, adding that
“it would be miracle if any passengers
survived this accident.

The eyewitness further disclosed that the
passengers were trapped, pointing out that it
would take a crane to rescue the battered
automobile and its occupants

When contacted, the police Image Maker in
Kano, ASP Magaji Musa Majia said that
rescue effort is on to free the trapped
passengers