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Pakistan train crash carnage kills 128
(China Daily)
Updated: 2005-07-14 05:44

The Karachi Express, coming from the eastern city of Lahore, rammed into the rear of the Quetta Express stopped at a station near Ghotki town for repairs.

A third train, coming the other way from Karachi, then ploughed into three derailed carriages that had spilled across the track, said police.

Ghotki, in southern Sindh province, is 430 kilometres northeast of the port city of Karachi.

A photographer said he saw about 50 blood-soaked bodies lying near the scene of the crash, while many injured were being treated nearby.

Police said 114 bodies had been sent to a hospital but more were trapped in the wreckage.

"We've taken out 114 bodies so far ... there are still a few more that we're trying to take out," said district police official Syed Shabee Akhtar. Nineteen carriages were derailed in all.

Ruling out sabotage, President Pervez, speaking in Karachi, said: "It's clear that it was not sabotage rather, in my view, it might be carelessness."

Pakistan Railways officials pointed the finger of blame at the driver of the train that rammed the stationary one.

"The driver of the Karachi Express violated the signal and the accident apparently happened because of his mistake," Chairman of Pakistan Railways, Shakeel Durrani, told reporters.
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