2 reported dead as Train, BRT bus collide in Lagos

A Viale BRT bus with an unknown registration number and a train was involved in an accident at the PWD bus stop off Old Works Road in Ikeja, Lagos, on Thursday morning.

Investigation revealed that the immediate cause of the incident was reckless driving on the part of the BRT bus driver.

He was trying to beat the train traffic signal before the moving train rammed into the BRT bus.

Unfortunately, two adults were confirmed dead and several people were seriously injured.

The injured victims have been administered first-aid treatment by the medical team of LASEMA.

They have also been transported to the trauma center at LASUTH Ikeja for further treatment.

The LASEMA’s LRT at Cappa alongside LRT at C3, LRU paramedics at C3, Onipanu, Cappa, LASAMBUS officials, Nigeria Police Force, LASTMA, LNSC, and Nigerian Army are responders present at the scene of the incident.