DAHARKI, Pakistan: At least 40 people were killed and dozens injured on Monday when a packed Pakistani inter-city train ploughed into another express that had derailed just minutes earlier, officials said. The double accident happened around 3:30 a.m. (2230 GMT) when most of the 1,200 passengers aboard the two trains would have been dozing. "I was disoriented and trying to figure out what happened to us when the other train hit," Shahid, another passenger, told AFP. Security personnel stand at the site of a train accident in Daharki area of the northern Sindh province on June 7, 2021. Rail accidents are common in Pakistan, which inherited thousands of kilometres (miles) of track and trains from former colonial power Britain.

Source: Manila Times June 07, 2021 09:45 UTC