ILORIN—Tragedy struck Sunday afternoon in Ilorin as three persons inside a car were crushed to death by a moving train.

Vanguard reliably gathered that the victims, two young men and a lady, were inside a Toyota Camry car with allfour windows wound up when they were crushed by the moving train said to be coming from the north to Offa.

With the car’s windows wound up, the three occupants of the car unknowingly parked on the railway line at Kulende area of Zango as they were said to be carried away by what they were doing in the car.

An eye witness said: “As the train was fast approaching, several shouts and alerts by the passers by to the three occupants inside the Toyota Camry car to drive away from the railway line failed as they could not hear what the people were saying.

“Consequently, the oncoming train heavily crushed the car with the occupants, causing commotion and pandemonium in the area.”

The incident which occurred at the rail line at Kulende area of the state capital caught many by surprise as such incident had never happened in the area since the existence of the railway line.

The remains of the victims were immediately taken to University of Ilorin Teaching Hospital as at press time.

Residents of the area were seen discussing the tragedy in groups when Vanguard visited yesterday.

Source: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/12/train-crushes-3-persons-in-ilorin/


lalasticlala, mynd44

sad... more pics @ http://www.latestamebonaija.com/2015/12/train-crushes-3-persons-in-ilorin-photo.html

So sad. RIP to the dead

I've never seen any railway system as terrible as the one we have here in Nigeria.

hmmm

RIP TO THE DEAD

“Nothing in the world is more dangerous than sincere ignorance and conscientious stupidity.I guess the driver of the car or the passengers in it might have seen the rail tracks but fend ignorance ”anyway RIP to the dead.

Yoruba witchcraft too much o

What a shame. Y anyone would park on a rail line is beyond me. They cannot say that they did not see the railway since it's not abandoned they must have seen it as it would stick out of the terrain. This is a consequence of our attitude to everything in this nation. No one feels any obligation to obey any set rules or regulations. They didn't die from an accident. They died from stupidity.
RIP to the dead.

RIP

Wen Christmas is approach

r.I.p

May God protect you all, Nairalanders!


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Pls we have to be careful, I know most of us are not familar with trains in this country. Now that we have have them, I think the govt have to drive peole that are selling or doing any business by the rails.

Rip.

So sad

'With the car’s windows wound up, the three occupants of the car unknowingly parked on the railway line at Kulende area of Zango as they were said to be carried away by what they were doing in the car'.......so careless, May their souls rest in peace.

Maybe their wanted to commit suicide!

"They were so carried away with what they were doing..."

my dirty mind says they were having a thr.ee.some!

What could they be doing in the car... Parking on a railway line RIP to them.

chynie:
Yoruba witchcraft too much o

You are a fool.

Nigerians need to be taught now to live with rail infrastructure around them else, there will be more casualties like this as we continue to develop rail transport. In many European countries, rail transport is interwoven with every day life. Trains and trams run through city centres above and underground minute after minute yet events like this are not common. May the souls of the departed rest in peace.

mtche

Terrible News.....RIP to them

In the voice of Ameachi, I don't know(or I don't believe even though railway is close to government house)that the trains are still working ooooo.
Why blame them, they were told by APC that the trains are scams and were non-functional.
Nonsense.
In afternoon, what were trio of two men and a lady inside Toyota Carmy car doing on railway to an extent that they were carried away with their doings? They wound up the glass and they could not even hear when people were shouting at them to leave the way for on coming train.
On a more serious, may Almighty God grant the deads good eternity.

iyke926:

You are a fool.

Explain