Bus-Train crash: Bus driver for prosecution, as mourning workers desert Alausa

The driver of the government staff bus that collided with a moving train in the Shogunle, Ikeja area of Lagos on Thursday, Oluwaseun Osinbajo, has been arrested and will be prosecuted soon, according to the Lagos Police.

The ill-fated bus with Lagos number plates 04A- 48LA, number 33, was heading to Alausa, Ikeja, from Isolo.

While trying to beat other motorists at the PWD rail crossing, it collided with an oncoming train. It was carrying several passengers, mostly civil servants and some dependents.

Meanwhile, there was low a turnout of civil servants at the Lagos State Secretariat, Alausa, Ikeja, on Friday, as workers continued to mourn the tragic death of their six colleagues and 80 others injured in the train accident.