Train Collides With Truck In Lagos
A train has on Monday collided with a truck loaded with animal feed at Jonathan Coker Railway Level Crossing in the Fagba Area of Iju Ishaga, Lagos State.
Law enforcement agents are currently on the ground attending to the accident which occurred around 8.52 am.
The accident has led to vehicular traffic in the area with motorists advised to seek alternative routes.
Eyewitnesses disclosed that the truck did not clear off the rail track completely which led to the train brushing it off from the rear.Although no causality was recorded
The loaded truck, conveying pig feeds, ignored the horns of the approaching train.The driver of the trailer has been arrested by officials of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
The officials in charge explained the incident saying “Stakeholders are here from the Federal Fire Service, LASTMA, LASEMA, and others are all on the ground. The truck that will remove the trailer from the track is already on ground”.
