Karachi bound Karakoram Express derails

Karachi bound Karakoram Express derails

Updated at: 2043 PST, Friday, December 04, 2009 NAWABSHSH: Karakoram Express heading to Karachi from Lahore derailed here at Lundo Railway Station on Friday. Fortunately, the incident caused no casualties. A relief train was summoned which started removing the derailed bogies. Unfortunately, during the rescue operation a hook of the relief train’s crane broke and a bogie fell down over people standing near the site of incident. Two men, Muhammad Hanif Rajput and Imran Ali, died on the spot while Rasool Bux Zardari, 30, Mashooq Ali, 10, Farooq, 8, and others sustained serious injuries and shifted to Taluka Hospital for treatment, where emergency was declared.