A fatal accident has occurred in Lagos, involving a train and a BRT Bus. we gathered that the moving train ran into the BRT Bus at PWD crossing in Ikeja and dragged it to Shogunle area of Lagos.
Emeraldloaded learnt that the incident occurred around Ikeja, Thursday morning.
Several passengers are feared dead following the impact of the collision.
The train was coming from Agege and met a BRT vehicle with the Lagos state government workers on board crossing the rail to link Ikeja GRA, one of the sympathisers said.
It was uncertain the number of casualties but the BRT bus was smeared with the fresh blood of victims.
The number of casualties could not be ascertained at the time of filing this report.
A Twitter user, Gidi, while sharing the video taken from the scene of the incident said, “One minute you’re going to work in a BRT, next minute a train is dragging your bus from ikeja to shogunle. I pray for everyone involved this morning – @seunlopez_ #Lagos”
“A significant number of casualties are anticipated following a collision involving a train and a Bus Rapid Transit (BRT) vehicle. The train collided with the BRT, causing it to be dragged from the Ikeja Along area to Shogunle,” he added.
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Source; saharareporters
