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Lagos Train Crash: Death Toll Rises To 7
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The number of fatalities has risen to seven in the Lagos train crash.
EKO HOT BLOG reports that the casualty figure in the accident involving a train and a Lagos State Government staff bus has risen to seven.
Two people were initially confirmed dead and several were injured in the accident.
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The injured passengers were rushed to the trauma centre of the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital (LASUTH).
Lagos State governor, Babajide Sanyo-Olu, who was at LASUTH disclosed that four of the victims were confirmed dead at the hospital. Two people were confirmed dead at the accident scene.
Sanwo-Olu called for blood donors for victims that suffered injuries.
However, reports from hospitals where victims were rushed to indicate that the death toll has increased to seven.
This newspaper had reported how a train ran into a bus which was conveying 85 workers of the state government to work, as it tried to cross the rail line at PWD bus stop, and dragged it to Shogunle, where it finally halted and some victims were rescued while casualties were recorded.
According to Ajadi Babatunde, who witnessed the accident: “The keepers of Nigerian Railway Corporation at that level crossing tried to stop the driver from passing because of the incoming train, but he refused.
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“I guess he thought he could pass before the train caught up with him. Unfortunately, the reverse was the case.”
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