Two confirmed dead in BRT, Train collision in Ikeja

The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) confirmed the death of two passengers in an accident involving a train and a bus conveying staff of the Lagos state government to the office on Thursday.

A train has collided with a passenger bus in the Shogunle area of Oshodi in Lagos state. The incident took place on Thursday morning.

Witnesses at the scene said the bus was attempting to cross the rail track when an oncoming train rammed into it. The train reportedly dragged the bus from Shogunle to the PWD area of Ikeja.

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Ibrahim Farinloye, a spokesperson for the National Emergency Management Agency in Lagos, said two female staff of the state government died in the accident.

“On arrival of the agency’s response team at the scene of the incident, it was discovered that a Viale BRT bus with an unknown registration number and a train was involved in an accident at the above-mentioned address,” he said.

“Investigation gathered revealed that the immediate cause of the incident was due to reckless driving on the part of the BRT bus driver while trying to beat the train traffic signal before the moving train rammed into the BRT bus.

The train collided with the BRT, causing it to be dragged from the Ikeja Along area to Shogunle.