A train travelling to Kano from Lagos derailed in Osogbo, the Osun State capital, in the early hours of Saturday.

It was gathered at the scene that the train got to the terminus in Osogbo around 1:30 a.m. on Saturday and continued its journey but the accident happened at about 2:30a.m.

On getting to the outskirts of Osogbo the state capital, around Dagbolu, some residents said, three cargo coaches attached to the end of the passenger train got detached from the rest of the coaches.

The three coaches were said to have started moving backwards and they reportedly moved backwards until they got to the interchange at the terminus around Old Garage area in Osogbo where the wheels got off the track and the three coaches fell on their sides.

A resident, who identified himself as Rasheed, said that a man brought a vehicle and started offloading the goods but he was arrested and detained by the Nigerian Railway Corporation policemen.

Rasheed said, “We gathered that the train left Lagos for Kano. It got to Osogbo around 1:30 a.m. and continued with the journey shortly after that.

He said, “The three coaches carrying goods got detached from the train and started reversing from Dagbolu area until they came back to Old Garage. The reverse would have continued but the coaches derailed when they got to the interchange and fell down.

“There was no loss of life or damage to vehicles while the coaches were moving backward because the accident happened at night. It may have recorded some casualties, especially at level crossings if the accident had happened in the day time. But we thank God.”

The management of the NRC is yet to comment on the accident but the Public Relations Officer of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, Mr Babawale Afolabi, said at the scene of the accident that NSCDC officers were deployed at the scene to prevent the goods from being looted.

See more images from accident scene below:

 

Source: Channelstv.com; Images (Nairaland.com)

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