How 1 killed, 7 injured, as vehicles collide with train in Oshodi
By Sarah Anu-Oluwapo IT was a very sad Monday, when one killed and seven others injured, as a commercial bus had a collision with a commuter train at PWD-Ilupeju bypass railway crossing, Oshodi, Lagos. According to an eyewitness, “a commercial Volkswagen bus with plate number GGE 972 GE, carried six passengers, veered onto rail-line at PWD bypass railway crossing. In an attempt to beat the commuter train coming from Ijoko, unfortunately, the bus got trapped on rail track. When the train was passing, the train hit the bus, the bus hit another vehicle, and train dragged the commercial bus to Oshodi under bridge. “At the front of Arena Shopping Complex in Bolade. The commercial bus hit a SUG Highlander Jeep which also got stuck on the rail track. The two victims inside the Jeep, a father, and a son were said to be driving into the shopping arena when the bus dragging by the train hit their car.” The source further stated that the six passengers in the commercial bus narrowly escaped ...