No fewer than 40 street hawkers escaped death by whiskers on Tuesday night in Ikire when an articulated truck conveying earth moving equipment pulled down the pedestrian bridge located in Ikire in Irewole Local Government Area of Osun State.
The pedestrian bridge which was said to have been constructed in 2002 at the Ikire junction of Ibadan-Ife Expressway was aimed at checkmating the incessant death of people and motorcyclists crossing the dual carriageway.
But the articulated truck belonging to a construction firm, carrying a big excavator got stuck under the bridge and in the process of trying to continue its movement, the pedestrian bridge collapsed and caved in on the truck.
Eyewitnesses informed Nigerian Tribune that most of the street hawkers who usually sell fried plantain chips, popularly known as ‘dodo Ikire’ and bread under the bridge were holding a peace meeting not knowing the bridge will collapse.
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