Disheartening: Many Feared Dead, Several Injured As Train Derails, Truck Crashes

Many people died, on Thursday morning, at the Abbatoir area of Agege, in the outskirts of Lagos State when a train derailed.

Several person were seriously injured while many vehicles and other property worth several millions were destroyed.

Lagos State police spokesman, Olarinde Famous-Cole, who confirmed the incident said that the train also rammed into a trailer, injuring many and leaving unconfirmed number of victims feared dead.

Also, two crashes at the Kara end of Lagos-Ibadan Expressway involving a truck and some vehicles.

Three casualties were also recorded in the road crash.

The Lagos State Emergency Management Agency and the state police command confirmed the deaths.