Pakistan Train Accident 19 December 2007
The train, "Karachi Express", was an express service from Karachi to Lahore, and was packed with passengers returning home for the Eid ul-Adha Islamic holiday. At around 2:25 a.m. local time, fourteen of the train's sixteen carriages left the tracks, some being mangled by the crash, others simply sliding down an embankment into the water.
Sabotage and terrorism were ruled out as the reason for the crash, with officials believing a faulty track was the cause of the derailment.The death toll was initially estimated as at least 56 people, but Junaid Qureshi, director of operations for the state-run Pakistan Railways, later lowered the official estimate to 40 deaths and 269 injuries.
Pakistan Train Accident 19 December 2007
Pakistan Train Accident 19 December 2007
Pakistan Train Accident 19 December 2007
Pakistan Train Accident 19 December 2007
Pakistan Train Accident 19 December 2007
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