Lagos State Emergency Management Agency(LASEMA), has confirmed that a train hit and killed a man on a railway track on Monday, 26 August, 2024.
The Permanent Secretary of the agency, Dr Olufemi Oke-Osanyintolu, who made this disclosure in a statement in Lagos, said the agency responded to a distress call regarding a train accident along the railway line opposite Cappa in Lagos, at about 18:00 hrs.
According to him, upon arrival at the scene of the incident, they found an adult male, who was walking along the railway track after being hit by an oncoming train.
Oke-Osanyintolu added that further investigations revealed that the yet-to-be identified, half dressed adult male, died immediately on the railway track, due to the impact of the collision.
“The remains of the adult male have been bagged by the agency’s response team while awaiting arrival of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit officials, for onward movement to the morgue,” he said.
