Sierra Leone: Bridge collapses killing at least 6 in Freetown

Reuters.com reported that, at least six homeless people sleeping under a bridge in the heart of Sierra Leone’s capital Freetown were crushed to death early on Friday when the bridge collapsed in a landslide caused by heavy rain, the country’s police inspector general said. The Jimmy Bridge, heavily used by both vehicles and pedestrians, collapsed between 2 a.m. and 3 a.m. (0200 and 0300 GMT). Six bodies were recovered, all of them homeless people who had been sleeping under the structure. Read article