Train Rams Into Public Bus in Nigeria’s Lagos, Killing 6

Train Rams Into Public Bus in Nigeria’s Lagos, Killing 6
An ambulance drives past a soldier standing away from protesters at Ojota district in Lagos, Nigeria, on Jan. 16, 2012. Pius Utomi Ekpei/AFP via Getty Images
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ABUJA—A train rammed into a public bus in Nigeria’s commercial hub of Lagos on Thursday, killing six people and injuring dozens of others, as the bus driver tried to beat the train signal, emergency services and the state governor said.

The accident happened at a bus stop in the Ikeja axis of Lagos, a city of around 20 million people, Lagos state emergency services said in a statement.