The Commissioner of Police, Railway Command, CP Yetunde Longe, has said that the driver of the bus that crashed with a train in Lagos on Thursday is presently undergoing psychiatric, physiological and drug test.
The driver, who was brought to the Lagos State University Teaching Hospital, LASUTH was later led into the TB Diagnosis Centre to carry out the test on him.
The CP, who spoke with journalists, said they are investigating the number of people that died in the crash. As autopsy would be conducted on the remain of the victims on Friday.
She said: “Presently, we are with the driver, we are handing him over to doctors for medical examination, because there was a flag officer at the railway crossing flagging him down, but he refused to stop that’s why we must subject him to through medical examination. I can only confirm two dead now.
“As a driver this is one of the tests you have to take note of, because when you get to a level crossing, the train will be honking for people to know it is coming. Drivers should ensure they are patient for the train to pass.”
When asked why there was no barrier at the level crossing, she said “unfortunately for now, we don’t have such thing there anymore, but there was a signal man who was at the crossing in the morning when the crash occurred but the driver of the bus never obeyed the signal man. That was what caused the crash.
“The driver, if found culpable, would be prosecuted and we are working with the state department of public prosecution, they are gathering more evidences to prosecute him. The driver has been arrested and he is in our custody presently.”
