THREE KILLED,MANY INJURED IN LAGOS AS TRAIN CRUSHES COMMERCIAL BUS

The witness added further that, some youth set the bus ablaze in anger while the injured were taken to a nearby hospital.

The Lagos District Manager, Nigerian Railway Corporation, Jerry Oche who confirmed the incident, said the accident happened at 9.30 a.m., adding that, “we were informed that a bus was trying to make a U-turn at the railway line this morning at Agege Pen Cinema area when a moving train crushed it in the process.

“The police are on top of the incident bringing the situation to normalcy as youths went on rampage over the death of people who lost their lives in the accident. The information given to us by the police was that a number of people hanging on the train were affected where two people died while many others sustained injuries,” he said.

The Public Information Officer, National Emergency Management Authority, Lagos Office, Ibrahim Farinloye said the injured had been taken to the hospital.