No fewer than 5 passengers in a cab on Sunday were reportedly killed
as a pedestrian bridge under construction on Sheik Jafar road, Karshen
Waya by Gidan mai in Kano State suddenly caved in on the moving taxi.
The
pedestrian bridge which is currently under construction was designed to
checkmate the high rate of accident involving pedestrian at the densely
populated area.
According to sources, the pedestrian bridge
collapsed on the moving taxi at about 5.00 pm and it is believed that
all five passengers including the driver were killed. It was further gathered that the occupants of the cab were trapped, and
it will take the assistance of a crane to remove the trapped persons
from the squeezed vehicle. Confirming the incident, the spokesperson of the State Police Command,
ASP Magaji Musa Majia stated that rescue effort was on-going to free the
trapped passengers. 
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