Dozens killed as Pakistan express train derails - KBC News

At least 30 people have been killed after an Express train partly derailed in southern Pakistan more than 100 passengers were injured near the city of nawab Shah Hammad reports Twisted contorted and thrown off the tracks derailed so violently some carriages flipped on their side were passengers traveling from Karachi to ralphindi locals arrived before the Army and Rescue Services I was sitting in my shop suddenly there was a huge Bank we are all stunned we immediately thought an accident had taken place we started running and when we arrived here we saw the train accident had happened we pulled our bodies and wounded people from the wreckage passes by clambered over wreckage carefully guiding survivors out through windows and down over mangled metal other passengers did not walk away local hospitals declared an emergency as tens of injured began arriving some were treated outside and the dead began to be counted losing the light the rescue teams began removing the train from the tracks the cause of This Disaster is not yet clearly based on initial investigation it doesn't seems like the incident was caused by sabotage or terrorism it's more likely that it was due to a technical problem which the railway will look into thoroughly to prevent similar accidents in the future local police have told the KBC that this was not due to flooding on the tracks country to local media reports leaving the question what caused this disaster and could such a loss of life have beenavoided Caroline Davis KBC News Islamabad.