Deadly train accident in Pakistan plays havoc, multiple casualties reported

Deadly train accident in Pakistan plays havoc, multiple casualties reported

RAHIM YAR KHAN: *- Deadly train accident in Pakistan’s Rahim Yar Khan plays havoc, media has reported.*

At least nine passengers were killed and several others sustained injuries when a passenger train collided with a freight train near Rahim Yar Khan in wee hours on Wednesday.

As per details, several bogies of the passenger train, Akbar Express, derailed as a result of the collision. The injured are being shifted to nearby hospitals for treatment.

The ill-fated train was heading to Quetta from Lahore when it collided with a freight train at Walhar railway station in Sadiqabad Tehsil of Punjab province.

Officials fear more casualties in the sad mishap. Assistant driver of the passenger train was among the deceased.