IN PHOTOS: An express train carrying over 1,000 passengers derailed in southern Pakistan, killing more than 25 passengers and leaving many injured (Photos: AFP)
KARACHI: At least 28 people were killed on Sunday when an express train derailed in southern Pakistan, the railway minister said, with an emergency declared at local hospitals struggling to deal with dozens of injured."According to the information so far, 28 passengers have been killed and many are injured."
The derailment happened near Sahara railway station close to Nawabshah city in the southern Sindh province.The railway minister said an emergency had been declared at local hospitals as doctors struggled to treat the injured. There were chaotic scenes at the Nawabshah Trauma Centre as ambulances and private cars ferried the injured for treatment.
Some passenger compartments were upright but off the tracks, while others lay on their side, mangled steel from the undercarriage twisted and buckled. The Hazara Express is a daily passenger train that leaves the port city of Karachi in the south and takes around 33 hours to reach Havelian in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, about 1,600km north.
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