Tragedy struck in the Oshodi area of Lagos on Saturday when a train crushed a 50-year-old man identified simply as Emmanuel to death.
It was learnt that the incident happened near Arena
Shopping Mall in Oshodi.
The deceased’s sister, whose name is not known yet, informed
the police that she received a phone call around 9 am, alerting her that her
older brother had been fatally struck by the moving train.
The Police Public Relations Officer, Lagos State Command, Benjamin
Hundeyin, in a statement, confirmed that the Mosafejo Division of the command
was notified of the incident around 1:33 pm. The police immediately dispatched
a team of detectives to the scene.
“The scene was visited and photographed by a team of detectives,”
Hundeyin said, adding, “The corpse was evacuated to a public morgue for
autopsy.”
Hundeyin further confirmed that the case had been
transferred to the Railway Police Command in Ebute Metta for further
investigation.
The exact circumstances surrounding the accident are still
unclear, however, a similar incident was recorded in the Mushin area of the
state in August when a male adult was crushed to death by a moving train.
The incident was said to have occurred around 6 pm on the
fateful day while the deceased was walking along the Cappa railway tracks.
The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency in a statement
signed by its spokesman, Nosa Okunbor, said the victim was found dead at the
scene with severe injuries sustained from the collision.
Okubor added that the man was confirmed to have died
instantly due to the impact of the crash.
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