Train crushes mad woman to death in Osun

Posted by admin Headlines, Osun, State News Sunday, February 24th, 2013

From BAMIGBOLA GBOLAGUNTE, Osogbo

Asuspected mad woman was last weekend crushed by a train on the railway line along Olaiya junction in Osogbo, Osun state capital. Residents in the area described the middle agedwoman as a popular person who had turned the rail line to her place of abode.

It was gathered that the train, which was coming from the Ilorin/Jebba axis, crushed the woman as she was sleeping close to the rail line. Sunday Sun reliably gathered that the train crushed the woman’s head and part of her leg. Attempts by passersby to rescue her proved abortive until the state government got involved.

It took the intervention of the Special Adviser to the Governor on Youths, Sports and Special Needs, Mr Biyi Odunlade, who rushed to the scene when he heard about the sad incident and ensured that the woman was attended to by officials of the Osun Free Ambulance Services (O’Ambulance). It was learnt that Odunlade upon arrival at the scene of the accident called the Commissioner for Health, Mrs Temitope Ilori, who later directed officials of the state Ministry of Health to rush to the scene of the accident. The accident victim was taken to the Ladoke Akintola University (LAUTECH) Teaching Hospital, Osogbo, where she was pronounced dead.wp_posts