Motorist escapes unhurt as train collides with vehicle in Lagos

A 55-year-old motorist escaped unhurt aft a moving bid collided with his Honda car astatine the PWD Railway Line successful Lagos, prompting a swift effect from operatives of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority, LASTMA, and information personnel.

The incidental progressive a bid travelling towards Agege and a Honda car with registration fig EKY 902 JT. The collision near the car extensively damaged, virtually beyond repair, but nary casualty was recorded.

LASTMA said successful a connection issued connected Friday that it’s operatives and information unit rescued the operator and removed the wrecked conveyance from the railway track, allowing the bid to proceed its travel towards Agege.

However, postulation congestion persisted astir the PWD axis aft the incident, contempt the removal of the vehicle.

LASTMA subsequently handed the damaged Honda car implicit to information unit for probe into the origin of the collision.

The General Manager of LASTMA, Mr Olalekan Bakare-Oki, commended the agency’s operatives and information unit for their punctual effect and practice successful managing the incident.

He stressed the value of inter-agency collaboration, situational consciousness and speedy exigency effect successful reducing the interaction of incidents involving trains and adjoining road...