Nine Killed As Train Hits Truck In Lagos, Vehicles Crashed In Ogun State

This accident happened just yesterday Thursday at the Kara end of Lagos Expressway, Ogun State and a train crashed in the fagba area of Lagos state.

According to report, the kara incident was a multiple accident involving 16 vehicles, the Lagos crash involved a train which rammed into a truck.

Five fatalities were said to have been recorded in the road crash, while four persons who hanged on the front side of the train, were crushed to death.

Over 20 people involved in this accident sustained injuries and were rushed to different hospitals. A truck driver, who was involved in the Ogun road crashed said he escaped unhurt after jumping into a bush before his vehicle plunged into a canal under the Kara bridge.

According to source, a diesel-laden truck had spilled some of its content while plying on the expressway outwards Lagos. It left without any incident. Shortly afterwards, another speeding truck reportedly slipped and rammed into a bus when the truck driver slammed on the brakes. It was learnt that 14 oncoming vehicles, including a bus conveying a large number of bananas, crashed into one another in quick succession.

One of the survivors, name Abubakar who is a truck driver said he was heading for Ibadan, Oyo State when he ran into the multiple crashes.

The Kano State indigene said, "It just finished raining that time and the road was wet, On getting to Kara, I suddenly ran into the accident and applied the brakes, when I discovered the truck was falling into the canal, I jumped into the bush."

"I thank God I was not injured, I later observed that there was diesel on the road. A lot of vehicles were involved. Some people died and several others were injured in the legs, head and other parts of the body."

The FRSC Sector Commander, Clement Oladele, and the LASEMA General Manager, Tiamiyu Adesina, said five people were killed while 19 were injured.

"Altogether, 53 people to 40 men and 13 women were involved; Nineteen persons were injured while five persons one male and four females were killed. Three of the corpse were deposited in the Olabisi University Teaching Hospital Mortuary. One at the Ikeja General Hospital mortuary and the last one at the Emergency Centre, Tollgate, Ojota."