As many as 10 people died and five were injured in Kashmor district on Tuesday after Khushhal Khan Khattak Express, which was en route from Karachi to Peshawar, hit into an overloaded rickshaw carrying 15 passengers, a private media outlet reported.
Eyewitnesses said that the incident happened at an intersection located between the Haibat Shaheed and Kandh Kot railway stations.
The injured were rushed to a nearby hospital for medical attention.
A Pakistan Railways spokesperson said that incidents like these occur because railway crossings do not have gates attached to them.
“The provincial government is responsible for attaching these gates,” the spokesperson said, adding that people crossing such areas are always told that they should look both ways before crossing railway intersections.
Railways Minister Sheikh Rashid Ahmed expressed sorrow at the incident and formed an inquiry committee to look into the matter. The committee has been directed to provide a report on the matter as soon as possible.
