Pakistan train crash kills dozens - Democratic Underground

mahatmakanejeeves

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Wed Dec-19-07 01:16 AM
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Pakistan train crash kills dozens

Source: BBC

A crowded passenger train has derailed in southern Pakistan, killing at least 50 people and injuring up to 100.

About 12 carriages of a train travelling between Karachi and Lahore came off the rails near the city of Mehrabpur in Sind province.

Some carriages plunged into water. The express train was packed with passengers returning home for the Islamic festival of Eid al-Adha.
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Many locals turned out to help, carrying the injured away on rickshaws, motor-scooters and donkey carts.
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"People are trapped in the wreckage and there are cries for help. Policemen pulling out the dead and injured are drenched in blood."

Read more: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/south_asia/7151122.stm

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Wed Dec-19-07 01:49 AM
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1. Thank God it wasn't an IED.

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