Railway track restored after trains collision
Railway track restored after trains collision.
HYDERABAD (Dunya News) – The railway track has on Friday been restored after 12 hours following the collision between two trains near Hyderabad yesterday, reported Dunya News.
The damaged engine and bogies were cleared from the track with the help of a relief train.
A driver and two assistant drivers were killed when Jinnah Express passenger train travelling to Lahore from the southern port city of Karachi hit a goods train that had stopped at a crossing.
The engine of the train was destroyed completely whereas two bogies were derailed. The dead bodies of the victims have been shifted to their hometowns.
Report within 24 hours
After the collision, Federal Minister for Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed directed the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Railways to prepare report of the accident within 24 hours.
Sheikh Rashid also informed that the rail traffic for Up and Down trains that was suspended after the collision had been restored as the railway rescue teams removed debris from the railway track.
