An accident involving a train and a danfo
bus occurred, yesterday, at the Ajayi Farm
railway crossing in Ikeja, Lagos, injuring four
persons, among them, a pregnant woman.
Unconfirmed report said one person died during
the stampede.
The incident happened barely two days after a
similar one also involving a commercial bus
occurred at the same spot, where several persons
reportedly sustained injuries.
An eye-witnesses account said yesterday’s incident
occurred about 7a.m. with the train colliding with
the vehicle with number-plate XF 899 FGG which
was driving towards Ikeja.
The impact of the collision flung the vehicle with
its four passengers – a pregnant woman and three
men – to the front of The Christian Dominion
Ministry building at 26 Adegbola Street,
Anifowoshe.
The pregnant woman, according to eye-witnesses,
was bleeding as at the time she was taken to the
hospital alongside other passengers,where doctors
were said to be battling to save their lives.
When Vanguard arrived the scene, the affected
vehicle which had its windscreen shattered, was
dripped with blood stains inside. It was glaring
that the train hit the vehicle from the driver’s side.
The incident caused a stampede as everyone fled for
dear life. But the train did not stop. Officials of the
Railway Service were sighted at the scene.
Another eyewitness, who gave his name as Mr.
Gbenro Bangbe, blamed the drivers of the train and
vehicle, saying: “The bus driver was not patient
enough to let the train pass while the train driver
did not hoot his horn to alert vehicles that might be
driving through the railway.”
Vanguard gathered that a similar incident occurred
Monday on same spot, after a train collided with a
commercial bus,where several persons reportedly
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“On that day, the bus was dragged all the way to
the bridge by the train. A lot of people sustained
injuries and were rushed to the Ikeja general
hospital. It is the same driver that drove the train
on Monday that also drove today. He does not hoot
the horn like other drivers do”, an eye witness said.
Meanwhile, commercial motorcyclists plying the
route have called on the state government to device
measures aimed at preventing a re-occurrence.An accident involving a train and a danfo
bus occurred, yesterday, at the Ajayi Farm
railway crossing in Ikeja, Lagos, injuring four
persons, among them, a pregnant woman.
Unconfirmed report said one person died during
the stampede.
The incident happened barely two days after a
similar one also involving a commercial bus
occurred at the same spot, where several persons
reportedly sustained injuries.
An eye-witnesses account said yesterday’s incident
occurred about 7a.m. with the train colliding with
the vehicle with number-plate XF 899 FGG which
was driving towards Ikeja.
The impact of the collision flung the vehicle with
its four passengers – a pregnant woman and three
men – to the front of The Christian Dominion
Ministry building at 26 Adegbola Street,
Anifowoshe.
The pregnant woman, according to eye-witnesses,
was bleeding as at the time she was taken to the
hospital alongside other passengers,where doctors
were said to be battling to save their lives.
When Vanguard arrived the scene, the affected
vehicle which had its windscreen shattered, was
dripped with blood stains inside. It was glaring
that the train hit the vehicle from the driver’s side.
The incident caused a stampede as everyone fled for
dear life. But the train did not stop. Officials of the
Railway Service were sighted at the scene.
Another eyewitness, who gave his name as Mr.
Gbenro Bangbe, blamed the drivers of the train and
vehicle, saying: “The bus driver was not patient
enough to let the train pass while the train driver
did not hoot his horn to alert vehicles that might be
driving through the railway.”
Vanguard gathered that a similar incident occurred
Monday on same spot, after a train collided with a
commercial bus,where several persons reportedly
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“On that day, the bus was dragged all the way to
the bridge by the train. A lot of people sustained
injuries and were rushed to the Ikeja general
hospital. It is the same driver that drove the train
on Monday that also drove today. He does not hoot
the horn like other drivers do”, an eye witness said.
Meanwhile, commercial motorcyclists plying the
route have called on the state government to device
measures aimed at preventing a re-occurrence.An accident involving a train and a danfo
bus occurred, yesterday, at the Ajayi Farm
railway crossing in Ikeja, Lagos, injuring four
persons, among them, a pregnant woman.
Unconfirmed report said one person died during
the stampede.
The incident happened barely two days after a
similar one also involving a commercial bus
occurred at the same spot, where several persons
reportedly sustained injuries.
An eye-witnesses account said yesterday’s incident
occurred about 7a.m. with the train colliding with
the vehicle with number-plate XF 899 FGG which
was driving towards Ikeja.
The impact of the collision flung the vehicle with
its four passengers – a pregnant woman and three
men – to the front of The Christian Dominion
Ministry building at 26 Adegbola Street,
Anifowoshe.
The pregnant woman, according to eye-witnesses,
was bleeding as at the time she was taken to the
hospital alongside other passengers,where doctors
were said to be battling to save their lives.
When Vanguard arrived the scene, the affected
vehicle which had its windscreen shattered, was
dripped with blood stains inside. It was glaring
that the train hit the vehicle from the driver’s side.
The incident caused a stampede as everyone fled for
dear life. But the train did not stop. Officials of the
Railway Service were sighted at the scene.
Another eyewitness, who gave his name as Mr.
Gbenro Bangbe, blamed the drivers of the train and
vehicle, saying: “The bus driver was not patient
enough to let the train pass while the train driver
did not hoot his horn to alert vehicles that might be
driving through the railway.”
Vanguard gathered that a similar incident occurred
Monday on same spot, after a train collided with a
commercial bus,where several persons reportedly
sustained varying degrees of injuries.
“On that day, the bus was dragged all the way to
the bridge by the train. A lot of people sustained
injuries and were rushed to the Ikeja general
hospital. It is the same driver that drove the train
on Monday that also drove today. He does not hoot
the horn like other drivers do”, an eye witness said.
Meanwhile, commercial motorcyclists plying the
route have called on the state government to device
measures aimed at preventing a re-occurrence.