Tragedy
struck in Lagos, yesterday, when a passenger hanging on a train coach had his
hand chopped off by the moving train.
According
to eye witnesses, the incident occurred at Oshodi around 9 a.m. when the
victim, who was simply identified as Ernest, allegedly fell from the moving
train which had a hitch in movement.
An eye witness,
Mr Olu Atoyebi, said Ernest fell from the moving train while his hand was stuck
in between the coaches resulting to the hand being chopped off.
His shout
for help was said to have attracted sympathisers who rushed to the scene to
offer assistance. Ernest who was said to be conscious at that time, asked the
sympathisers to reach out for his phone and invite his relations to take him to
the hospital.
Atoyebi
blamed the victim for the tragedy, saying there have been campaigns by the
government against such act.
‘’The
government had been campaigning against hanging on the coach but many
passengers are adamant and they will have themselves to blame in case of
eventuality,’’ he said.
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