Witnesses told PREMIUM TIMES that at Kara, there was a fatal accident involving some vehicles and a truck, and at the abattoir end of Lagos, a train derailed from the railway line and ran into people, injuring scores of roadside commuters and traders.
In an interview with PREMIUM TIMES, the head of the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency, Adesina Tiamiyu, confirmed the incident.
Rescue efforts are ongoing on the sites of both crashes at time of this report.
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