Kano-Port Harcourt Train Passengers Narrowly Escapes Death

Passengers travelling by train from Kano to Port Harcourt on Thursday
evening narrowly escaped death as a cement producing company truck
loaded with bags of cement while passing an illegal crossing point
caused the rail line to shift from its normal position on the approach of
the train.
The incident occurred along Mungedi, a highly populated suburb in
Madobi local government area of Kano state at 4:16 p.m., sixteen
minutes after takeoff of the train from the Kano terminal.
Villagers who noticed the ugly development and helplessly watch the
Dangote driver as he ran away abandoning the vehicle made concerted
effort to flag down the train, which was on speed.
The driver of the train identified as Garba Garba who responded to the
villagers’ wave of hand and managed to drive the train to a halt
confessed “it would have been too dangerous for the entire
passengers, the crew, the coaches and the surrounding houses if the
train had derailed because of the shift.”
An eye witness, Suleiman Abubakar, said “the shift on the rail line
occurred because the truck and the load were too big for the small
route passing over the rail line,” adding “that the truck also kept on
trusting back and front while on the rail track because of a turn it
wanted to negotiate by the side the rail line.”
A team of policemen were promptly mobilized and drafted by the
Railway authority to the sight of the incident to keep vigil on the
Dangote truck whose driver had escaped for possible arrest and also to
control the surging population from the nearby settlements on hearing
the news.
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