Two Dead, Many Injured As Train Crushes Lagos Govt Staff Bus
A passenger train has struck a Lagos state government BRT staff bus at PWD junction, Ikeja area of the state on Thursday. So far, two persons have been confirmed dead by emergency responders, and 84 persons injured and rushed to nearby hospitals.
The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) spokesman, Adebayo Taofiq said though the bus involved in the crash is the same as the regular BRT buses in the state, the bus was a staff bus of the Lagos State Government.
Also, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency in Lagos, Ibrahim Farinloye said, “Two adult females staff of the State Government dead and several injured evacuated.” “The State Government staff bus was trying to cross the PWD/Sogunle rail crossing while the train coming into Lagos from Abeokuta trapped the bus on its rail,” he added. First responders later arrived the scene for rescue operations.
Tragic and deadly cases of vehicle-train collision have resulted in casualties over the years. The last one was recorded in December 2022 when a passenger train from Kaduna to Abuja crushed a middle-aged woman to death on the rail track around the Kubwa area of the nation’s Federal Capital Territory.
Meanwhile, The Minister of Aviation, Hadi Sirika has directed the Nigerian Safety Investigation Bureau experts to start immediate investigation into the accident.
In a statement by his Special Assistant on Public Affairs, James Odaudu, the minister described the accident as unfortunate, and assured the public of the capacity of the Nigeria Safety Investigation Bureau (NSIB) to unravel the immediate and remote causes of the accident and proffer ways of preventing such in the future.
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