An unidentified driver and his passengers narrowly escaped death on Monday as the bus taking them to their destinations rammed into a moving train around the PWD area of Oshodi, Lagos State.
The Director-General, Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, said the vehicle suddenly veered onto the tracks and collided with the train.
He noted that some of the victims, who sustained injuries resulting from the impact of the collision, had been provided with immediate medical care.
Oke-Osanyinntolu said that the wreckage of the bus had been safely removed and normalcy restored.
“The agency received distress calls on the above. Upon arrival at the scene, it was discovered that a passenger motor GGE 972 GE had veered onto the train tracks while crossing the rail at PWD inward Oshodi and subsequently collided with a scheduled commuter train”, he said.
