*HYDERABAD: Karachi to Mirpurkhas Mehran Express escapes disaster due tothe train driver’s presence of mind after it was switched to the wrongtrack near Tando Jam.*

The train driver instantly applied emergency brakes to save the train froma sure disaster when it moved on a closed railway track.

“A glitch in the switch system resulted in failure of timely changing thetrack of the Mehran Express,” sources said.

Pakistan Railways officials said that the Mirpurkhas bound train moved tothe closed track by mistake. “Train driver immediately applied brakes andsaved the train from a disaster,” they added.