Eight women died, while eight others sustained injures as a passenger train hit a passenger vehicle at an open crossing in Kandhkot, Kashmore on Tuesday.
The Khushhal Khan Khattak collided with the vehicle carrying 15 passengers at the Haibat Shaheed railway station at around 1:30pm.
According to the Pakistan Railways spokesperson, six women died on the spot while the injured included two women, five children and a man. The official further said that people have been advised regularly to cross the unmanned crossing carefully as it was without any gate.
The Federal Minister for Railways, Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed, expressed grief over the loss of precious lives in the collision. The federal minister prayed from Almighty Allah to rest the departed souls in peace and give patience to the bereaved family members for bearing this irreparable loss.
Earlier, two people were injured when eight bogeys of Khushal Khan Khattak Express derailed near Sehwan last month. The train was travelling from Karachi to Peshawar. More than 10 other buses were also damaged in the accident.
Published in Daily Times, October 17th 2018.
