Two People Dies As Train Hits Commuter Bus At Pen Cinema

Train hits bus in India

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency has reported passenger train that collided with a parked commercial bus forcing the 3 of the hanging passengers to fall off the moving train by crossing at Pen Cinema linking Iju Road.

Naija news understands from an  eyewitness, that sad incident happened at 8.45am and casualties were mostly those who hung on the train frame.

A witness further narrated: “The crash occurred due to a bus parked close to rail line while the driver was not in it; a second bus wanted to pass the point but queued behind the parked bus and horned for it to pass so that he could avoid the oncoming train. Before he realised that the driver was not in the vehicle, it was too late and the train crashed into it. The impact lifted the train from its tracks and those who hung on it were thrown off and crushed by the train.”

The impact of the crash on the vehicles triggered a fire, burning the bus while street urchins allegedly had a field day extorting tricycle operators and motorists who parked close to the rail line.The harassment of the tricycles nearly led to breakdown of law and order as some whose tricycles were damaged called in the police who made efforts to restore order to the area.

However, both the injured and the dead were evacuated to various hospitals and mortuaries.

The General Manager LASEMA Mr Adesina Tiamiyu , the agency  who also spoke on the sad incident said he received a distress call yesterday at about 8.57 am via the emergency toll free number on an accident involving a passenger train.

“1 adult sustained injuries and was transferred to LASUTH. Unfortunately, 2 other adult male lost their lives and has been taken to mortuary by State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit SHEMU.

“Other agencies that showed up for rescue operations include Nigeria Police force (Railway police division), LASAMBUS, LASTMA, Civil Defence Corps, RRS, LASG Task force, LASG fire service ( AGEGE division), NAF OPS MESA and VIO”, he said .

The LASEMA boss harped on the overall safety measures to put be in place before boarding a train and also desist from hanging on moving train to avoid unnecessary loss of lives.