According to officials, two passenger trains crashed early Monday morning in Pakistan’s southern Sindh Province, killing at least 30 people and injuring 50 more.
According to a Pakistan Railways spokeswoman, the accident occurred when the Millat Express train from Karachi to Sargodha derailed and landed on the other track, colliding with the Sir Syed Express train from Rawalpindi to Karachi. The incident occurred in Dharki, a city in upper Sindh’s Ghotki district, in which the Millat Express train’s bogies toppled.
The injured were brought to hospitals in Ghotki, Dharki, Obaro, and Mirpur Mathelo, where an emergency was proclaimed.
According to Ghotki Deputy Commissioner Usman Abdullah, at least 30 individuals, including women, were killed and 50 more were injured in the incident. Shocked by the horrible train accident in Ghotki early this morning that killed 30 people, the railway minister has been dispatched to the scene to provide medical help to the injured and sympathy to the relatives of the deceased. He announced on Twitter that he has ordered a full probe into railway safety flaws. The rescue of the persons trapped inside the overturned bogies was proving tough for officials.
Ghotki Deputy Commissioner Abdullah told Geo News that 13 to 14 bogies derailed in the accident, with six to eight “totally damaged.”
Rescue workers are facing a “difficult” in rescuing passengers who are still stranded, he added, adding that a relief train has left Rohri.
“This is a difficult task.
Using heavy machines to release citizens will take time (still trapped).
We are also constructing a medical camp to give citizens with medical assistance “he stated. Such accidents occur from time to time throughout Pakistan, according to a senior former railway official, because the railway network is antiquated in many places.
According to the former official, they are still using the same network and tracks that were in place before the partition in some regions.
