Pakistan authorities to inspect site of railway accident that killed 31 people
Pakistan’s railway department will conduct an inspection on Monday at the site of a major accident in Sindh province where an express train derailed and killed at least 31 people and injured 130 others.The Hazara Express train travelling from Karachi to Rawalpindi derailed on Sunday in Nawabshah district near the Sarhari Railway Station, 275 kilometres from the provincial capital Karachi.
Ten bogies went off the track and they were removed while repair works were underway.
The administration of the People’s Medical College Hospital in Benazirabad – the district home to Nawabshah, said that over 120 injured had been shifted to the facility and most of them have been discharged after treatment while 30 people are currently undergoing treatment, Geo News reported.
