Heyya! Train Crushes 3 Persons To Death In Ilorin

Tragedy struck yesterday afternoon, Sunday,
Dec. 20th, in Ilorin, as three persons inside a car
were crushed to death by a moving train.
It was gathered that, the victims, two young
men and a lady, were inside a Toyota Camry car
with all four 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 eyewitness 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 yesterday.. Such a sad
incident.