At least one dead, 27 injured in Pakistani train derailment

At least one was killed and 27 others injured on Saturday morning when a passenger train derailed in southwestern Pakistan.

Local press reports quoted police and railway officials as saying that the Karakoram Express, going to the eastern Pakistani city of Lahore from the southern city of Karachi, derailed early Saturday near the Samasatta town.

They said that the train went off the tracks at 3:15 a.m. local time near Samasatta, about 105 kilometers south of the central city of Multan. The injured were shifted to Bahawal Victoria Hospital through Edhi ambulances and private vehicles.

According to railway control room, cause of the accident was yet to be ascertained. The accident suspended rail traffic and four different rains were stopped at different stations.

Source: Xinhua