Heavy Tragedy! Family of Six Perish in Road Accident

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Disaster of a very high magnitude visited a family of six over the weekend as a man, his wife and four others - three children and an adult - all perished in a terrible auto crash.

Passersby and rescue officials from the Nigeria Police, Federal Road Safety and Fire Service could not believe the site that greeted them when they arrived scene of the accident.

Disaster struck while they were cross a very dangerous bridge. The car hit the...

Rail of the Bridge, after losing one of its tires. As a result, it somersaulted several times, before plunging into Tamburawa river. The occupants of the Mercedes C Class car, were said to be coming from Kaduna on their way to Kano.

The driver of the car, apparently the head of the family, lost control when one of the tires of the car burst while driving pass the Tamburawa bridge, about 30 km from Kano.

Some road users commenced rescue operations before the arrival of officers and men of the Road Safety, Police and the Rescue Unit of Kano State Fire Service.

The rescue team had to rip off the car, before the trapped bodies of the deceased could be recovered. A woman, identified as the wife, was severed into two, while one of the children, had his head smashed.

The Kano State sector commander of the FRSC, Malam Hassan Kogari, who confirmed the incident, blamed it on bad road. He disclosed that the same spot at the entrance of the bridge had claimed about 34 lives within the last six months... So, what is FARMA and the Ministry of Work waiting for before this death trap called bridge would be fixed? Hmm, what a country

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