Pictured!! Lagos-Bound Train From Ogun Collides With A Truck

Hundreds of passengers yesterday escaped
death when an overcrowded Lagos-bound train
from Ogun State collided with a truck at
Shogunle Railway Crossing in Lagos.
A News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) correspondent
aboard the train reports that the incident
occurred about 8a.m. The refuse clearing truck
had tried to cross the railway line ahead of the
approaching train, but was unsuccessful.
The train driver, seeing the partial blockage of
the track by the truck, reduced speed, an effort
which reduced the impact of the collision and
saved the train from derailing.
Despite the speed reduction, the train hit the
back of the truck which was still on the track.
Some passengers were injured as a result of the
impact. Following the impact, the truck hit the
barrier at the crossing, which also hit a nearby
electric pole.
Passengers aboard the train commended the
train driver for preventing it from derailing, as it
continued to the Shogunle Station where some
passengers alighted and others went on board.
The Director of Operations, Nigerian Railway
Corporation (NRC), Mr Niyi Alli, later said that
the truck had been impounded by the
corporation and taken to its headquarters at
Ebute Meta Junction.
He said: ''The owner of the vehicle too is liable
for the cost of damage, although, we are yet to
ascertain the cost of damage.'' On Friday, a
Lagos-bound train from Ijoko in Ogun derailed at
Iju Station.
The derailment disrupted the services of the
corporation for the whole day leaving hundreds
of its passengers heading for Kano stranded at
its terminus in Ido, Lagos.