Tambe Bridge collapses

The Tambe Bridge, which links the Garu Tempane district in the Upper East Region to the Bawku municipality, has collapsed making it impossible for motorists to cross to either side of the district.

A local reporter, Ayaaba Abdul Aziz, told Class FM’s Jonas Ofori Yeboah that the bridge collapsed on Friday July 14 when an articulated truck with registration number GT 2758-12, loaded with bags of millet from Garu to Kumasi crossed it.

He said the truck fell on its side as one section of the bridge caved in. The driver and his conductor managed to escape unhurt but the truck load of millet submerged in the river below the bridge.

This has made it impossible for any vehicle to travel to the other side of the town as the metal bridge, constructed in 2007.

The reporter explained that authorities had visited the site for inspection and assured residents that the bridge would be reconstructed within the shortest possible time.