At Oke-osun in Iragbiji, the headquaters of Boripe Local Government Area in Osun State, a bridge collapsed, injuring two people there.
According to reports, the bridge fell on Wednesday, August 31, when a passenger was riding a commercial motorbike across the affected part.
Reporters heard from an eyewitness on Thursday who said that locals saved the victims and took them to a nearby hospital for treatment.
The injured are responding to treatment, according to the acting public relations officer of the Nigeria Security And Civil Defense Corps (NSCDC), Mrs. Kehinde Adeleke, who corroborated the report.
“On Wednesday, August 31st, 2022 we gathered a report of the sudden collapse of a bridge at Oke-osun area, along Boripe local government secretariat, Iragbiji,” Adeleke stated.
“The said bridge collapsed at the time when a commercial motorcyclist and a female passenger were on the bridge, the people around rendered help and the woman was rescued along with the motorcyclist. None of them died but they were seriously injured. The bone of the woman’s leg got broken while the bike man was severely cut.
“Two of them were rushed to the hospital where they are presently receiving treatment. That particular area has been demarcated.”
