Train killed a man wearing earphones in Lagos.

Lagos - An unidentified young man with
earphones on was on Wednesday killed by a
passenger train in the Cappa area of Oshodi,
Lagos.
The man was alleged to have been standing on
the rail track oblivious of the fast approaching
train.
The Ogun-Lagos-bound mass transit train was
leaving its Oshodi station to Mushin when the
accident occurred.
The train had as usual, sounded its horn
repeatedly as it was approaching the railway
crossing at Ilupeju Bye-pass for clearance of its
track.
According to an eyewitness, the man who had
his earphones on was apparently carried away
with either the call he was receiving or listening
to music.
"Obviously the man was not aware of the
approaching train even as it blasted its horn,
perhaps because of the earphones.
"Before he knew it, he was already hit by the
train and was not given any chance to escape.
"Immediately he was hit, the body was mangled
as the train dragged it underneath," the
eyewitness said.
People standing by the rail track that saw the
incident raised their hands over their heads in a
show of pity for the deceased.
"The man has suddenly and unwittingly lost his
life to sheer carelessness," a passenger said.
It was not the first time a moving train would
crush to death people standing on the rail track
because of having their earphones on.
Among them was a lady in 2006, killed at
Shogunle GRA railway crossing, while another
one was killed in 2007 at Oshodi.