police inspector, motorcyclist crushed to death by moving train
Tragedy played out at PWD bus stop, Ikeja, Lagos State, when a moving train crushed a police inspector and a motorcyclist to death.
Reports say the police inspector identified as Philip Kolo, who was attached to the Inspector-General of Police Monitoring Unit Strike Team, Force Headquarters, Abuja, and the yet-to-be named motorcyclist were crushed to death while trying to beat the train by speeding past the tracks to no avail.
An eyewitness who declined to be named said the police inspector attempted to beat the oncoming train which had been blaring its horn from a distance before he was crushed to death alongside the motorcyclist.
The witness said; “When we went to the scene, we found the policeman’s identification card, but there was nothing with which we could identify the rider. As we were there, some policemen on patrol came around and confirmed the identity of the policeman. They later removed the bodies.”
According to a police source, Kolo came from Abuja for an investigation in Lagos.
The police source said, “Kolo’s team members were waiting for him when they got the sad news. The motorcyclist carried him from a hotel in the Agege area where he lodged. The motorcyclist always picked him whenever he was around.”
The incident according to an official of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority occrred around 10.30am.
The official said, “The motorcycle rider was coming from the Lagos-Abeokuta Expressway and wanted to enter the Ikeja GRA. He was probably thinking he could beat the train, which dragged them along the track.
“We were called immediately it happened and we got there about five minutes later. We found the shoes of the men and some parts of the motorcycle scattered around the bush. The deceased were dismembered. We called officials of the State Environmental Health Monitoring Unit, who brought an ambulance to remove the bodies.”
The tragic incident was confirmed by CSP Oti, the Police Public Relations Officer, who informed that the corpses of the deceased have been deposited in the Lagos Mainland Hospital mortuary.
“The policeman was in Lagos for an investigation and was being conveyed from Agege to Ikeja when the motorcycle he was on was hit by the train. His corpse has been deposited in the mortuary for autopsy,” Oti said.
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