Sukkur: Father killed, 2 sons injured as train rams into motorcycle

SUKKUR: A man was killed while his two sons sustained injuries when a freight train rammed into the bike they were riding in Sukkur on Tuesday.

According to rescue officials, the incident occurred at the Sangi railways crossing.

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The body and the injured were shifted to a nearby hospital.

It is yet not clear whether the railway crossing was unmanned or the motorcyclists hurried to go across the tracks despite a speeding train approaching, leading to the crash.

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More often than not crashes involving trains at unmanned railway crossings come to the fore. Last year in July, a Lahore-bound train had rammed into a passenger coaster at a railway crossing near Farooq Abad railway station in Sheikhupura, killing over 20 people, mainly Sikh pilgrims, and injuring several others.