Six people have been confirmed dead after a bus and a train collided in the Nigerian city of Lagos.

Seventy-one people were injured, 29 of them critically.

The accident happened on Thursday morning during rush hour and both vehicles were carrying commuters.

You can see how far the train dragged the bus in my tweet from the scene of the crash in Ikeja:

The coach was taking civil servants to work while the train was shuttling commuters from the outskirts of Lagos into the city.

At the site of the crash, the wreckage has been cleared but shards of glass and blood can still be seen.

Cars have started driving across the tracks once more.

The BBC spoke to angry bystanders who complained about the lack of a barrier separating the tracks from the road.

They said it was the second accident like this in a year.

The injured have been moved to a nearby hospital and the bodies of those killed are now in a mortuary.

The governor of Lagos has declared three days of mourning and a half work day on Friday. Flags will also fly at half-mast.

Ibrahim Farinloye from the National Emergency Management Agency (Nema) said a train coming into Lagos from Abeokuta ploughed into the bus carrying state government staff as it tried to get over the railway crossing.

Crowds gathered during the rescue operation, trying to help.

The wrecked coach has now been loaded on to a lorry to be towed away.

BBC