A train, plying the Itakpe – Warri railway, has crushed two persons identified as moi-moi seller and her child to death In Aragba area of the community, Delta State.
“The woman, a moi-moi seller and her daughter, a teenager, were walking on the rail tracks when the incident occurred around 3:40PM on Thursday”, a witness said .
“On hearing the sound of the train, the daughter tried to get her mother out of the tracks, but was knocked down alongside the mother.The mother was ran over by the train, the daughter appeared to have been knocked off the rail tracks, where her body laid.The accident scene happened to be an elevated area of the rail way, which may be the reason the victims could not escape the train.The train was bound for the Ujevwu Train Station in Udu and scheduled to return to Itakpe in Kogi state this evening”, the witness added
The train was yet to return as youths of the area had allegedly mobilized to the spot of the accident,the witness said.
The state’s Acting Police Public Relations Officer PPRO, DSP Bright Edafe confirmed the incident.
