A 55-year-old man has escaped unhurt after a moving train collided with his Honda car at the PWD railway crossing in Lagos State.
The incident occurred on Friday morning, October 9, as the train travelled towards Agege. The collision left the Honda car, with registration number EKY 902 JT, extensively damaged. However, the driver survived without any reported injuries, and no casualties were recorded.
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The Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA) said its operatives, working alongside security personnel, rescued the driver and removed the wrecked vehicle from the railway tracks, allowing the train to continue its journey.
The damaged car was subsequently handed over to security personnel for investigation into the circumstances surrounding the collision. Traffic congestion also persisted around the PWD axis following the incident.
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LASTMA General Manager, Olalekan Bakare-Oki, urged motorists to exercise caution around railway crossings, warning them against attempting to cross when a train is approaching or already in motion.
The incident has sparked reactions online, with several Nigerians questioning how the car ended up on the tracks and expressing relief that the driver survived.
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@blesyn.esifa: What was his car doing on a rail track?
@engr.emmanuel: Ofcos he will be arrested and his car impounded, until all damages caused are settled.
If you hit train or train hits you, you are at fault… The train ALWAYS has the RIGHT OF WAY.
@100088255692530: Thank God nobody else was in the passenger side, the story could have been different
@chyke07: What took his car to that place in the first place? Did the train derail?
@dolapo.cynthia.7: As how na train crash his car, se train dey share d same lane with car ni?
Testimony loading on Sunday 😂
@lizmybabeerichy: My own is that when he is sharing his testimony he should first accept accountability for being on a train track and God still had mercy on him.
@ugoeze.blossom.3: Thank God there was no passenger in the car
@jeff.ekhator: Dem supposed arrest this man, how.he car take reach there
@eunice.akpan.3: Kai dem nearly get am but God save am