Nigerian police probe Abuja train crash into car

Nigerian police say they have started investigations into Thursday morning’s fatal train accident in the capital, Abuja.

An Abuja-bound train coming from the northern city of Kaduna crashed into a car, killing the driver, identified as a woman.

Eyewitnesses said the car was attempting to cross the railway line and got stuck as the train approached the Chikakore axis in Kubwa, a suburb of Abuja.

Police spokesperson Josephine Adeh said that investigators were “swiftly drafted to the accident scene and took charge of the situation”.

The body of the victim was evacuated by security personnel who removed the damaged car from the railway track.

Reports said the accident occurred at a level crossing, where the road goes over the track in a highly populated settlement.

The accident comes just days after the train resumed operations which were suspended for nine months due to an attack by gunmen last March.