Dispatch rider crushed to death by train one month before wedding

A 30-year-old dispatch rider was yesterday crushed to death by a train in the Fagba area of Lagos State one month to his wedding.
It was learnt that the deceased identified as Johnson, works with a courier service in Ikeja.
The deceased, who is supposed to be getting married next month, met his untimely death while running an errand with the company motor cycle from Abule Egba area of Lagos.

 

Eye witnesses reports that the late Jackson wanted to hurriedly cross the rail line when he was killed by the train, this was after vehicular movement have been stop to allow for the passage of the train. They said the deceased was dragged by the train but was later rescued dead while in the pool of his own blood.
Police officers from the Oko Oba division later came and evacuated the remains of Johnson.
One of those that witnessed the incident recounts that “It happened around 12 pm. It was very bloody. I could not look at his corpse twice. My colleagues rushed to take him out of the train, but he was dead. Our chairman called the Oko Oba police station.

“One of his neighbours, who came here, said he lived in Ogba, but I did not ask where exactly in Ogba.

 

“While we were all lamenting the tragedy, the neighbour said he (Johnson) did an engagement at his village in December and that he was supposed to wed in March in Lagos.”
Another witness, who identified himself as John, said the victim died as a result of impatience.
John said, “It was a death that could have been averted. Others were waiting for the train to pass; he should have waited too. The blaring of the train filled everywhere, so he was fully aware. He just took a risk which unfortunately cost him his life.”
A police officer at the Oko Oba Police Station, who pleaded anonymity, said the remains of Johnson has been removed and deposited at the mortuary by his colleagues.
“Before we got there, policemen from Railway Police Division had removed the corpse and it has been deposited in a mortuary. We have not seen any of his relatives.
“But if a rail barrier has been mounted on that route, the victim would have been forced to stop. There should be one there just as it is in Pen Cinema and Ikeja rail tracks,” he noted.

 

The Lagos State Police Public Relations Officer, DSP Kenneth Nwosu, while confirming the incident, pointed out that the rail line is not under the Command’s jurisdiction .
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