20 dead, dozens hurt as Pakistan trains collide

AFP, KARACHI: At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in Pakistan’s southern port city of Karachi during morning rush hour Thursday, officials said.
Witnesses described watching in horror as one train sped into the city’s Quaidabad Railway Station and rammed into the second, which was stationary, with the roar of the crash swiftly followed by the screams of people trapped inside.
Officials said rescuers armed with metal-cutting equipment and heavy cranes had managed to pull all the passengers from the twisted wreckage.
“No-one is left inside,” Ijaz Ahmad Khan, a Karachi administrative official, told reporters at the scene.
Many were rushed to Karachi’s Jinnah Hospital, where an AFP reporter described horrifying scenes as the injured lay screaming and crying while medics rushed to help them.

 

20 dead, dozens hurt as Pakistan trains collide

AFP, KARACHI: At least 20 people have been killed and dozens more injured after two trains carrying hundreds of passengers collided in Pakistans southern port city of Karachi during morning rush hour Thursday, officials said. Witnesses described watching in horror as one train sped into the citys Quaidabad Railway Station and rammed into the second, which was stationary, with the roar of the crash swiftly followed by the screams of people trapped inside. Officials said rescuers armed with metal-cutting equipment and heavy cranes had managed to pull all the passengers from the twisted wreckage. No-one is left inside, Ijaz Ahmad Khan, a Karachi administrative official, told reporters at the scene. Many were rushed to Karachis Jinnah Hospital, where an AFP reporter described horrifying scenes as the injured lay screaming and crying while medics rushed to help them.