By Dare Akogun
The Nigeria Police said the driver of the ill-fated bus involved in a train accident in Ikeja area of Lagos State is presently undergoing psychiatric, physiological, and drug tests.
The Commissioner of Police, railway command, CP Yetunde Longe gave the indication while speaking with journalists, said the police is investigating the number of people that died in the crash, adding that an autopsy would be conducted on the remainder of the victims on Friday.
The driver who was brought to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH was later led into the TB diagnosis center to carry out the test on him.
The CP who spoke with journalists said they are investigating the number of people that died in the crash. As autopsy would be conducted on the remainder of the victims on Friday.
She said: “Presently we are with the driver, we are handing him over to doctors for medical examination because there was a flag officer at the railway crossing flagging him down, but he refused to stop that’s why we must subject him to through medical examination. I can only confirm two are dead now.
“As a driver this is one of the tests you have to take note off because when you get to a level crossing, the train will be hunking for people to know he is coming. Drivers should ensure they are patient for the train pass.”
When asked why there was no barrier at the level crossing, she said unfortunately for now we don’t have such thing there anymore, but there was a signal man who was at the crossing in the morning when the crashed occurred but the driver of the bus never obey the signal man that was caused the crash.
“The driver if found culpable would be prosecuted and we are working with the state department of public prosecution, they are gathering more evidences to prosecute him. The driver as been arrested and he is in our custody presently.”
