Two trains after a collision in Ghotki, Pakistan (AP)Two express trains have collided in southern Pakistan, killing at least 38 passengers, authorities said. The Millat Express derailed and the Sir Syed Express train hit it soon afterwards, said Usman Abdullah, a deputy commissioner in Ghotki. “Right now the challenge for us is to quickly rescue those passengers who are still trapped in the wreckage,” he said. Train accidents are common in Pakistan, where successive governments have paid little attention to improving the poorly maintained signal system and ageing tracks. In 1990, a packed passenger ploughed into a standing freight train in southern Pakistan, killing 210 people in the worst rail disaster in Pakistan’s history.

Source: Irish Independent June 07, 2021 06:22 UTC