How Train Crash Killed 4, Injured 3 In Kwara

BEVERLY HILLS, May 08, (THEWILL) – Four persons were killed Saturday while three others were wounded when the rear cabin of a train belonging to the Nigeria Railway Corporation (NRC) derailed in Jebba, Kwara State.

The Assistant Director in charge of Publicity in the corporation, Mr. Rauf Akinloye, told journalists that the train was northbound when the accident occurred.

THEWILL gathered that the dead were transported to a local morgue while the wounded were treated and discharged from the hospital.

The NRC spokesman, according to a NAN report said the damaged tracks were being repaired in order to restore train services.