International Desk : At least 30 people were killed and 60 others injured after a train derailment in southern Pakistan on Sunday, reports AP.
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Senior railway officer Mahmoodur Rehman Lakho said ten cars of a Rawalpindi-bound train derailed and some overturned, near the Pakistani town of Nawabshah, trapping many passengers.
Local television showed rescue teams extracting women, children and elderly passengers from damaged and overturned cars. Some of the injured were lying on the ground crying for help while locals gave out water and food.
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Senior police officer Abid Baloch said from the scene of the accident that 30 bodies had been recovered while more than 60 people were injured, some critically. He added that the death toll may rise as rescue operations continue.
Another senior railway officer Mohsin Sayal said train traffic was suspended on the main railway line as repair trains were dispatched to the scene. Sayal said alternative travel arrangements and medical care would be made available for the train's passengers.
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Minister for Railways, Khaja Saad Rafiq, said the crash could be due to a mechanical fault or the result of sabotage. He said an investigation was underway.
Train crashes often happen on poorly maintained railways tracks in Pakistan, where colonial-era communications and signal systems haven't been modernized and safety standards are poor.
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