By Dele Moses, Ilorin
Three people were feared killed as a car fell off a collapsed bridge in Ilorin on Saturday night.
The bridge, along Oko-Erin area of the town, was said to have collapsed after a heavy downpour in the area.
The car, with five occupants, was said to have been driven on the bridge shortly after the collapse of the bridge without the occupants suspecting.
Two of the occupants were said to have been rescued alive albeit with varied degrees of injuries on their bodies.
It was gathered that men of the state fire bridgage service who arrived the scene of the accident later were able to recover lifeless body of one of the remaining three others while efforts were still going on to find the other two.
Meanwhile, the Kwara State Government has described the accident as tragic and commiserated with the families of those who were feared dead.
The Deputy Governor, Mr Kayode Alabi, while inspecting the affected bridge on Sunday in company of the Chief of Staff to the Governor, Adisa Logun said the accident was disaheartening.
He urged the people to desist from dumping refuse in drainages or building on waterways to prevent flooding or erosion.
Alabi charged the rescue team to double efforts to locate the two other victims yet to be found.
Speaking earlier, deputy director, Kwara State Fire Service, Mr Falade John, said the accident happened on Saturday evening when the embankment gave way and resulted in a Toyota Avensis car with five passengers on board falling off the bridge.
John said two people survived from the accident with bruises, while the service recovered a body on Coca Cola road. As at the time of this press release, two persons were still missing.
The road has now been cordoned off for safety reasons, with residents urged to stay away from the scene.
Also speaking, Secretary of the Kwara State Emergency Management Agency, Mrs Motunrayo Adaran, assured the Deputy Governor that the agency would spare no effort to find the other victims.
