At least two people were killed and eight others injured when two trains collided with each other at Gaghar Phattak near Bin Qasim Railway Station, Karachi, on Monday morning.
As per reports, a Karachi-bound Millat Express was waiting for line clearance near Karachi at Gaghar Phattak, when it collided with another Karachi-bound Shalimar Express. The engine of the newly re-launched Shalimar Express was completely destroyed while two bogies of the Millat Express train were badly damaged. The incident took place around 3:40am. A rescue service from Karachi rushed to the spot to shift dead bodies and the injured to a nearby hospital. Rail operations in the country were suspended for 12 hours and restored after the removal of the ill-fated trains from the track
Taking to Pakistan Today, the Divisional Commercial Officer (DCO) Karachi, Shoaib Adil, said that two people were killed and eight others had sustained injuries. He said that the driver of the Shalimar Express Ali Asghar and one other passenger of the Millat Express, Ali Hassan, were killed. He said that the dead bodies had been handed over to their heirs while the injured were discharged from Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre after treatment.
