News reaching Vigil 360 that they have been a crash in Kano state and many feared dead as a train in motion crushed a Dangote cement truck and a commercial tricycle in Kano State, along Obasanjo Road at about 11:30 am 23rd January 2022. An eyewitness, who is a trader beside the rail track, said he noticed the truck moving towards the rail line, as the train was in motion. According to the witnesses, efforts made to flag down the trailer were not fruitful.
“As the driver of the trailer attempted to cross the rail line, the train hit the vehicle and the tricycle simultaneously,” said one of the witnesses.
Meanwhile, another eyewitness said that the passengers in the tricycle were rushed to the hospital unconscious.
As of the time of filing this report, the trailer is still overturned with Good Samaritans evacuating the bags of cement loaded on the truck.