A 50-year-old man simply identified as Emmanuel has been crushed to death by a train in the Oshodi area of Lagos State.
The incident occurred on Saturday around Arena Shopping Mall.
Benjamin Hundeyin, spokesman for the Lagos State Police Command, confirmed the incident in a statement on Sunday.
He said the Mosafejo Division of the command was notified of the incident around 1:33 pm on Saturday and that a police team was immediately deployed to the scene.
“The scene was visited and photographed by a team of detectives,” Hundeyin said.
According to Hundeyin, the corpse has been taken to a public morgue for autopsy.
Meanwhile, the case has been transferred to the Railway Police Command in Ebute Metta for further investigation.
