No fewer than nine persons lost their lives on Thursday to a road accident at the Kara end of the Lagos- Ibadan Expressway, Ogun State , and a train crash in the Fagba area of Lagos State .
While the Kara incident was a multiple accident involving 16 vehicles , the Lagos crash involved a train which rammed into a truck .
Five fatalities were said to have been recorded in the road crash , while four persons , who hanged on the front side of the train, were crushed to death
Gistnaij learnt that over 20 persons sustained injuries and were rushed to different hospitals in both accidents.
According to the truck driver, who was involved in the Ogun road crash , said he escaped unhurt after jumping into a bush before his vehicle plunged into a canal under the Kara bridge.
