By India Today News Desk: At least 33 individuals have been killed and 80 have been injured in Pakistan, after 10 bogies of the Rawalpindi-bound Hazara Express overturned because the prepare derailed.
The accident occurred close to the Sahara Railway Station, situated between Shahzadpur and Nawabshah on Sunday, reported Geo TV.
The Hazara Express was headed to Rawalpindi from Karachi.
“Right now, the focus is on rescue work and recovering people from the derailed compartments,” Deputy Superintendent of Pakistan Railways Mahmood Rehman stated, including that the reason for the accident is being investigated.
Visuals confirmed rescue employees and police attempting to tug out individuals from the derailed compartments together with civilians who additionally joined the rescue work.
The affected individuals have been shifted to the People’s Medical Hospital in Nawabshah, as reported by Geo TV. According to the officers, the precise motive behind the derailment will not be but recognized.
Meanwhile, Pakistan Railway Minister Khawaja Saad Rafiq stated that “mechanical fault or sabotage” could have induced the accident. An Emergency protocol has been imposed in close by hospitals following the accident.
