An
unidentified young man with earphone on was, Wednesday killed by a passenger
train at Cappa area of Oshodi, Lagos.
A
Correspondent of the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) who was inside the train
reports that the man was standing on the rail track oblivious of the fast
approaching train. The NAN correspondent reports that the
Ogun-Lagos-bound mass transit train was leaving its Oshodi station to Mushin
when the accident occurred.
The train had
as usual, sounded its horn repeatedly as it was approaching the railway
crossing at Ilupeju Bye-pass for clearance of its track. According to an
eyewitness, the man who had his earphone on was apparently carried away with
either the call he was receiving or listening to music. Obviously the
man was not aware of the approaching train even as it blasted its horn, perhaps
because of the earphone.
Before he
knew it, he was already hit by the train and was not given any chance to escape.
Immediately
he was hit, the body was mangled as the train dragged it underneath,’’ the
eyewitness said.
NAN reports
that people standing by the rail track that saw the incident raised their hands
over their heads in a show of pity for the deceased. The man has
suddenly and unwittingly lost his life to sheer carelessness,’’ a passenger
said. NAN reports that it was not the first time a
moving train would crush to death people standing on the rail track because of
having their earphones on. Among them was a lady in 2006, killed at
Shogunle GRA railway crossing, while another one was killed in 2007 at Oshodi.
RIP
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