A 50-year-old man identified simply as Emmanuel was crushed to death by a moving train on Saturday, October 12, 2024, in the Oshodi area of Lagos.
It was gathered that the accident happened near Arena Shopping Mall in Oshodi.
The deceased’s sister informed the police that she received a phone call around 9am, alerting her that her elder brother was fatally struck by the train.
Police spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, Benjamin Hundeyin, in a short statement, confirmed that the Mosafejo Division was notified of the incident around 1:33 p.m. The police immediately dispatched a team of detectives to the scene.
“The scene was visited and photographed by a team of detectives. The corpse was evacuated to a public morgue for autopsy,” he said.
Hundeyin further confirmed that the case had been transferred to the Railway Police Command in Ebute Metta for further investigation.
