Train Accident: Death toll rises to six, says Governor Sanwo-Olu
The Lagos State Governor Babajide Sanwo-Olu has confirmed that the death toll in the Thursday crash involving a moving train and Lagos State staff bus in PWD/Sogunle, Ikeja area of the state has risen to six as at the time of filing this report
Penpushing reports that Sanwo-Olu, gave the update at Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH) after the incident, adding that 29 persons suffered serious injuries, 42 suffered moderate injuries while eight persons suffered mild injuries.
“Unfortunately we have recorded six fatalities, two were brought in dead from the site while we have four additional deaths in LASUTH. 85 passengers were in the bus from the immediate statistics that was conducted and to separate various degrees of injuries 42 were classified as moderate injuries, 29 were classified as serious injuries while 8 were mild injuries’, he said
“At about 7:30 in the morning a bus number 33, which is one the Lagos state staff bus. This morning bus number 33 moving towards from Isolo and heading towards Alausa with 85 passengers, mostly civil servants, with a few dependents had a very fatal accident at the rail crossing around PWD in Sogunle,” he added.
Penpushing further reports that Sanwo-Olu said preliminary investigation showed that the driver of the bus was reckless in his driving and has been arrested by the police for questioning as at the time of filing this report
‘The driver, I’m told, has handed himself over to the Lagos State police command. So he’s currently with the police command and so we have not been able to ask him questions and inquiries about what happened’, he said
Penpushing also reports that the Governor assured that there is enough blood to treat the victims while he encouraged the public to donate more blood to the hospital bank to save the lives of the survivors in the crash.
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