17 crushed to death after 2 passenger trains collide in Pakistan

No less than 17 lives were lost when two passenger trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi.

A senior administration official in Karachi said there could have been up to 1,000 passengers in total on board the trains when the accident occurred.

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According to reports, the collision happened when the incoming Zakria Express from the central city of Multan collided with the Fareed Express, from Lahore, as it waited at Quaidabad Station in the Landi neighbourhood of Karachi.

“At the moment, we don’t know the exact number of casualties but there could be up to 1,000 passengers in both trains,” Nasir Nazeer, district coordination officer in Karachi, told AFP news agency.

“We have sent heavy machinery and cutting equipment to remove the overturned cars from the track and rescue the trapped passengers inside the coaches.”

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