Lagos – The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) has confirmed three persons dead in an accident involving a moving train and a staff bus belonging to the state government.
Spokesman of LAMATA, Adebayo Taofiq who confirmed this in a telephone interview said
many were injured in the accident which occurred at PWD bus-stop in Ikeja area Thursday morning.
First responders have since arrived the scene and rescue activities are currently ongoing.
Also, a spokesman for the National Emergency Management Agency in Lagos, Ibrahim Farinloye said, “Two adult females staff and a male of the State Government dead and several injured evacuated.”
“The State Government staff bus was trying to cross the PWD/Sogunle rail crossing while the train coming into Lagos from Abeokuta trapped the bus on its rail,” he added. (ChannelsTV/vitalnewsngr.com)
