Train&Bus Crash : “Bus Driver Currently Undergoing Psychiatric Test” – Railway CP

The driver of the bus that collided with a train in Lagos on Thursday is presently undergoing psychological, physiological, and drug testing, according to CP Yetunde Longe, Commissioner of Police, Railway Command.

After being transported to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, or LASUTH, the driver was later ushered into the TB Diagnostic Center to undergo the test.

According to the CP, who spoke with journalists, they are looking into how many individuals were killed in the collision. Because an autopsy will be performed on the victims’ remains on Friday.

She stated; “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 dead now.

“As a driver this is one of the tests you have to take note of, because when you get to a level crossing, the train will be honking  for people to know it is coming. Drivers should ensure they are patient for the train to 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 crash occurred but the driver of the bus never obeyed the signal man. That was what 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 has been arrested and he is in our custody presently.”