Horrific accident in Pakistan as passenger train derails, killing at least 30 people, critically injuring dozens of others
- More than 80 people were injured – some critically – when carriages of the Hazara Express derailed in Nawabshah, on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi
- Local media showed people – including women, children and elderly – still trapped inside carriages and some injured lying on the ground crying for help
A passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan on Sunday, killing at least 30 people and injuring more than 80, local broadcaster Geo reported citing a district official.
Around ten carriages of a passenger train derailed in Nawabshah district in the southern province of Sindh, roughly 275km from the country’s largest city Karachi.
Geo reported some people were still trapped inside a train car and others had been transferred to hospitals. Train services to the interior districts of Sindh had been suspended and rescuers dispatched to the area.
Senior police officer, Abid Baloch – present at the scene of the accident – said that so far 30 bodies have been recovered while more than 80 people were injured, some critically. He added that the death toll may rise as rescue operations continue.
Baloch said women and children were among the dead and injured.
Local television showed rescue teams extracting women, children and elderly passengers from damaged and overturned cars. Some of the injured were lying on the ground crying for help while locals gave out water and food.
