A trader, wearing an earpiece while taking a pee on the rail line, was knocked down by a Lagos-Ibadan train around Oshodi in Lagos on Friday.
Sources at the Nigerian Railway Corporation (NRC) who confirmed the train accident said the identity of the victim was yet unknown.
However, eyewitnesses described him as a trader who owned a shop at the nearby Arena Shopping Complex, adjacent the rail line at Oshodi, where the accident happened around 2pm.
About middle-aged, the man was said to be urinating while standing in the middle of the rail tracks, with an earpiece firmly fixed to both ears.
Witness told out reporter that despite the loud blast of the train’s horn, and passers-by shouting to alert the man, he could not hear due to his earpiece.
Sympathetic passers-by who gathered around the dead body, blamed the man for the accident.
Another witness identified the dead man as a trader who has a shop at a shopping complex called Moyosore.
He said the deceased was chatting on the phone with three other people moving on the railway tracks, but the three others heard train horn and quickly ran away.
The dead body was still lying on the ground in front of his closed shop, while there were frantic efforts to reach his family.
Sources said police had been called upon to evacuate the corpse while efforts were ongoing to contact the family.
