Railway Minister Saad Rafique announced a compensation of Rs1,500,000 for the victims of Lodhran train accident while visiting the injured at the Bahawal Victoria Hospital.
Funeral prayers were held on Saturday for a 12-year-old child who died along with seven others when a motorcycle rickshaw collided with a train in Lodhran.
“I understand that human lives cannot be compensated. I assure the victims justice,” said Saad Rafique while addressing the media.
He added that the driver, assistant driver and gatekeeper had been taken into custody for interrogation.
Rafique said there were questions related to the crash which would only be answered when the investigation is complete. He added that human error and the presence of dense fog could not be ruled out as the reason for the crash.
Initial investigation into the incident suggested that the gate which separated the street and the railway track was open. The motorcycle rickshaw with 15 schoolchildren collided with a train coming its way killing seven schoolchildren and the driver.
