At least 19 people were killed and dozens injured Sunday when an express train derailed in southern Pakistan, government officials said.
Accidents and derailments occur frequently on the country's antiquated railway system, which has nearly 7,500 kilometers of track and carries more than 80 million passengers a year."There can be two reasons: first that it was a mechanical fault, or the fault was created—it might be a sabotage. We will investigate it."
One man leapt from the back of an ambulance clutching a child, his clothes soaked in blood, while a woman moaned in pain as she was carried in on a stretcher.At the accident site outside Nawabshah, dozens of cars, tractors, rickshaws and motorcycles could be seen parked on a road that runs alongside the track.
Ijaz Shah, a provincial railway official, told AFP that a relief train had been dispatched to the site.
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