It has been reported that 19 passengers have so far been killed with 50 more injured after ten cars of a train derailed near the Sarhari railway station close to Nawabshah, Pakistan
At least 30 passengers have been killed with dozens more injured after a train derailed near in Pakistan.
Senior railway officer Mahmoodur Rehman Lakho said the Hazara Express was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi when 10 cars derailed near the Sarhari railway station off Nawabshah. Mr Lakho is in charge of railways in the accident area. He said rescue crews took injured passengers to the nearby Peoples Hospital in Nawabshah.
Mohsin Sayal, another senior railway officer, said train traffic has been suspended on the main railway line as repair trains have been dispatched to the scene. He said alternative travel arrangements and medical care will be made available for the train’s passengers.
Railway Minister Saad Rafiq said early investigations showed the train was travelling at normal speed. He explained that officials aree trying to establish what led to the derailment as emergency services help save people from the twisted wreckage.