Thirty-tow persons among the 102 passengers involved in the train accident last Thursday at PWD Bust Stop along Agege Motor Road have been discharged from the hospital, says the Lagos state government.
This was disclosed by the Lagos state Commissioner for Health, Prof. Akin Abayomi, during a press briefing to give update on the incident. According to the commissioner, 19 of the victims admitted at the Lagos State University Teaching University (LASUTH), five of those admitted at the State Emergency Centre at Tollgate and eight of those admitted at Orile-Agege General Hospital had been discharged.
Abayomi further said that all others still on admission were in very stable conditions, disclosing that the accident happened around 7:30am while the Lagos State Emergency Management Agency (LASEMA) arrived the scene 7:45am, just as the injured passengers arrived LASUTH at 8:30am.
He said that LASEMA did a wonderful job in separating the bus from the train to give room for other health sector responders to attend to the victims. He also revealed that from 12 noon last Thursday till 12 noon yesterday, no passenger had died.
The commissioner praised the LASUTH team for its effort in providing care for the victims, saying there were very few hospitals in the world that could cope with a sudden emergency and attend to the patients brought in adequately.
Abayomi also applauded Lagos residents for donating blood voluntarily to the state blood bank, disclosing that 256 units of blood samples were collected from those who came forward after the call for blood donation was sent out.
He listed other hospitals that attended to the victims aside from LASUTH to include Gbagada General Hospital, Lagos Island General Hospital, Orile Agege General Hospital and Emergency Centre at Lagos Tollgate.
This was as the Commissioner of Police in charge of the Nigerian Railways Corporation (NRC), CP Yetunde Alonge, revealed that the case file of Oluwaseun Osunbajo, the driver who drove the bus which collided with the train had been sent to the Directorate of Public Prosecution (DPP) for advise.
Speaking with The Guardian, Alonge said that aside from being prosecuted, the driver would undergo medical evaluation to determine his state of mind as of the time of the accident.
On how long the file would last at the DPP, Alonge said she was not in a position to say but added that it won’t take time because of the interest of the state government.
“You know this is a state government matter and the governor is interested. So, it is expected that the DPP advise would be out in no distance time,” she said.