Train crushes five people to death in Sukkur
- By Web Desk -
- Mar 17, 2020
SUKKUR: Five people were crushed to death when a train hit the rickshaw near Rohri, Sukkur, ARY News reported on Tuesday.
The incident took place near Pyarwah, when the rickshaw was crossing the railway phattak.
The rescue sources said two women and two children are among the dead. The bodies were rushed to a nearby hospital.
In a separate train accident, yesterday, engine driver had sustained minor injuries after Jacobabad to Karachi Sukkur Express rammed into a stationary goods train near Tando Adam.
The Karachi-bound train said to hit a stationary freight train near Tando Adam due to signal fault resulted in derailment of the engine from the track.
The number of railway accidents has surged alarmingly as in a recent incident at least 19 people lost their lives and more than 30 sustained injuries when Pakistan Express train collided with a passenger bus at a railway crossing near Rohri railway station on February 28.
According to a report Pakistan Railways had faced around Rs 410 million losses in train accidents on the railway network from August 2018 to December 2019.
Five major train accidents of passenger and good trains occurred from August 2018 to December 2019 in which 110 persons died and 123 injured, railway sources said.