Train crushes soldier on motorbike at Lagos railway crossing

A passenger train has crushed to death a Nigerian Army sergeant at the railway crossing in the PWD area of Ikeja, Lagos.

The train coming from Ibadan was heading for Iddo in Lagos when it ran into the soldier said to have attempted to smartly cross the rail line on his bike.

The latest incident which occurred on Wednesday came barely three months after a train on the same spot ran into a Lagos State government staff bus conveying workers.

Six persons were killed and about 80 passengers injured in that incident of March 9, 2023.

It was learnt that the Wednesday’s incident occurred around 6.30pm.

The deceased soldier, identified as Sergeant Jidean Samson, was until his death attached to the 9 Brigade, Ikeja in Lagos.

A report by Daily Trust quoted a military source as saying the incident occurred at the PWD railway crossing and that the 9th Brigade of the Nigerian Army had been informed about the demise of the sergeant.

The body was said to have moved to the Military Hospital mortuary in Yaba, Lagos.