A middle-aged woman was on Wednesday hit and killed by a passenger train at Oshodi in Lagos when she was trying to avoid a puddle of water beside the rail tracks.
An eyewitness said that the unidentified woman was walking along the tracks when the incident happened at about 7:15 a.m.
“The woman was trying to avoid muddy water along the tracks when the Ijoko-Apapa passenger’s train crushed her to death.
“The woman instead of jumping into the muddy water was trying to avoid it and the fast moving train dragged her under.
“It was like a magic. It was like a movie. The train dragged her underneath and it was so fast for comprehension.
“In fact, her blood splintered on some passers-by who were also waiting patiently along the tracks for the fast moving train to pass before moving.
“Worst still, the train did not stop but dragged her body for about one kilometer thereby mutilating the body,” the witness said.
Many of the passers-by were seen wailing on seeing the mutilated body of the woman.
On Sept. 20, a woman and her child were crushed to death while trying to cross the rail tracks at Oshodi.
“I think it is time the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) management construct a barricade along the busy train tracks to avoid such occurrences.
“This is not the first time this kind of accident is happening, it has become an everyday accident,” Mrs Ronke Adelagun, a passenger said.
Mr Felix Oguma, a trader at Oshodi, urged the management of the corporation to embark on massive campaign against indiscriminate trading and loitering around the train tracks.
“Many people are unaware of train movement in Lagos, so they cross the tracks indiscriminately,” Oguma said.
Mr Ademuyiwa Adekanbi, the Lagos District Public Relations Officer of the Railways, described the incident as unfortunate.
Adekanbi said that corporation had embarked on series of campaigns against indiscriminate crossings of train tracks.
(NAN)
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For hw long r we goin 2 ask govt agencies(NRC)2 construct barricade along rail way? where in d world is it done? Wil it stop stubborn pedestrians who would hav seen & heard d loud horn of d movin train vibratin & quakin even several kms away. Poor woman! she was avoidin 'muddy water' bt not a 'fast movin train' This is hw dozens die almost everyday. Stay far away 4rm railways wen a train is even kms away,nt 2talk of tryin 2cross. pple hear & read stories like dis every now & den,bt wil never learn. God protects & preserves,bt we need 2b more careful ourselves & stop blamin d devil. Its appointed un2 'man' 2die once,afta which judgement. Let d 'living' learn!
ReplyDeleteStrange things are happening lately.the end time is surely here oh lord deliver us
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