The Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) has confirmed that one person died in a train accident in Agege, Lagos State on Thursday morning.
Hundreds of passengers escaped death when a mass transit shuttle train derailed at the Ashade railway crossing on the Agege-Ikeja corridor at about 7.15 am.
Lagos Railway District Manager (RDM), Jerry Ochi, told the News Agency of Nigeria that one person died at the NRC hospital in Ebute Meta while receiving treatment.
“Efforts have been put in place to restore normalcy at the scene of the incident,” he said.
According to him, the NRC officials have been working to re-rail the train and repair the track.
The RDM said the operation would start immediately the tracks were fixed.
“We will start our operation in two hours time, when the affected train is re-railed and the track is repaired.
“Our operations continue today because everything is under control and the vehicular traffic jam at the scene of event has been cleared,” he said.
