Quick thinking: Train, dumper avoid collision

An accident between a train and a dumper was averted due to the timely action by the train driver

SUKKUR: An accident between a train carrying goods and a dumper at the Mando Dero railway crossing some 15 kilometres away from Sukkur was averted on Monday due to the timely action by the train driver. According to Railways authorities, a goods train was on the way to Karachi from Punjab and when it reached near the Mando Dero railway crossing, a dumper driver tried to cross the railway line. The train driver immediately applied the emergency brakes, thereby averting an accident. Railway police arrested the driver and impounded the vehicle.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 17^th, 2017.