PR team to inspect Hazara Express tragedy site today
Last updated on: 07 August,2023 01:54 pm
Inquiry will be initiated in 4-5 days after recording statements of related individuals
NAWABSHAH (Web Desk) - A Pakistan Railways team was due in Sanghar’s Nawabshah district to inspect the site of the Hazara Express derailment on Monday (today) to gather evidence for investigations of the deadly train crash that killed over 30 people and injured dozens others.
Federal government's Railways Inspector Ali Mohammad Afridi, speaking to media in Sanghar, said the up-track will be completely restored in four to five hours.
The official said that a site inspection was due today, while the inquiry will be initiated in four to five days after recording statements of the related individuals. Afridi said the affected track after the train crash was being repaired.
The track, coaches, and locomotives were being examined and the marks seen on the affected tracks are of the nut bolts and wheel flanges, he added.
Meanwhile, the administration of the Peoples Medical Hospital, Nawabshah, said that over 120 injured had been shifted to the facility and most of them have been discharged after treatment.
It said that 30 people are currently undergoing treatment.
A total of 29 bodies were claimed and taken by the heirs while the bodies of two deceased women — who could not be identified — are still at the hospital.
The railway tracks saw horrific images of overturned bogies, with people and bodies stuck under the wrecked train on Sunday.