By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
A passenger train from Kaduna to Abuja has crushed a middle-aged woman to death on the rail track around the Kubwa area of Abuja, Nigeria’s capital.
The incident happened at about 10:00a.m on Thursday.
Stonix News learnt that the incident occurred about five minutes to the Kubwa Train Station.
The woman, who was driving in her private vehicle, reportedly attempted to cross the rail line as the train was coming on high speed.
The remains of the victim had been evacuated by security personnel while the damaged car was immediately removed from the rail track to avert further accident.
Meanwhile, an witness, Olisa Ogbechie, has alleged the police used force to chase people, who wanted to help away from the scene.
“In an attempt to rescue the victim by first responders and also cover the incident, the policemen at the scene, on-board the train became hostile.
“I and a few others were brutally assaulted by the policemen as they hit and sprayed pepper spray in my eyes and two others, they pointed guns as they harassed us away from the scene,” he said in his Twitter handle.
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