Three killed in collision between two trains in Hyderabad
Lahore-bound Jinnah Express collided with a freight train near Hyderabad.
HYDERABAD (Dunya News / AFP) – At least three people were killed and several others injured when two trains collided near Hyderabad on Thursday.
A driver, assistant driver and a guard 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, railway spokesman Riaz Abbasi told AFP.
Minister of Railways Sheikh Rashid Ahmed said all passengers on the train were safe.
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Video footage on local media showed the damaged engine and bogies of the trains and rescue workers and hundreds of people were present at the scene.
Ishaq Baloch, a railway official told AFP that an investigation has been launched to determine the causes of the collision.
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Train accidents are common in Pakistan, where railways have seen decades of decline due to corruption, mismanagement and lack of investment.
