There is a video of a local pedestrian bridge collapsing that is currently spreading on social media.
When the video was first posted, the gossip portal Instablog9ja stated that the incident had taken place in South Africa.
According to the blog, the bridge collapsed in South Africa while it was being commissioned.
According to the investigation conducted by MandyNews.com, the trending video shows the moment a bridge collapses while being commissioned in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
We are aware that Instablog9ja was the source of the material used by a number of other Nigerian news websites, including Linda Ikeji and others, who claim that the incident occurred in South Africa.
Africa Facts Zone also tweeted a confirmation that the incident indeed took place in the DR Congo.
Bridge Collapse in Dr Congo
An online sensation has been spreading a video of the moment a bridge in the Democratic Republic of the Congo collapsed while some officials were commissioning it.
In the footage, which also captures the moment they fled for safety, the bridge can be seen collapsing as officials stand on it to unveil it.
Watch the video below.
