Youth crushed to death by train
He suffered serious injuries and died on the spot
PHOTO: EXPRESS
FAISALABAD:
A youth was killed when a train hit him in the limits of Mansoorabad police on Sunday.
Police said an unidentified man was crossing a railway track when a train hit him near Abdullah Pur Phattak. As a result, he suffered serious injuries and died on the spot. Police were investigating the matter further.
Eight students among nine dead as train crashes into rickshaw in Lodhran
Last month 17-year-old Sahil Omer, a resident of Police Lines, was travelling in Millat Express when he lost his balance and slipped from the footboard. As a result, he was crushed under the wheels of the train near Trust Plaza Building. The police shifted the body to the hospital for legal formalities.
Earlier in January this year, a train in Lodhran crashed into a motorised rickshaw, killing eight children and the rickshaw driver who were on their way to school, railway authorities said.
Boy crushed to death by train near Sargodha
The children killed in the crash, in the south of Punjab province, were aged six to 10, District Police Officer Lodhran Asad Sarfraz said. He added that the gate at the crossing was open at the time of the accident, meaning traffic on the road could cross the railway tracks. According to the police personnel, the driver of Hazara Express and Gateman Fazal were arrested.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2017.
A youth was killed when a train hit him in the limits of Mansoorabad police on Sunday.
Police said an unidentified man was crossing a railway track when a train hit him near Abdullah Pur Phattak. As a result, he suffered serious injuries and died on the spot. Police were investigating the matter further.
Eight students among nine dead as train crashes into rickshaw in Lodhran
Last month 17-year-old Sahil Omer, a resident of Police Lines, was travelling in Millat Express when he lost his balance and slipped from the footboard. As a result, he was crushed under the wheels of the train near Trust Plaza Building. The police shifted the body to the hospital for legal formalities.
Earlier in January this year, a train in Lodhran crashed into a motorised rickshaw, killing eight children and the rickshaw driver who were on their way to school, railway authorities said.
Boy crushed to death by train near Sargodha
The children killed in the crash, in the south of Punjab province, were aged six to 10, District Police Officer Lodhran Asad Sarfraz said. He added that the gate at the crossing was open at the time of the accident, meaning traffic on the road could cross the railway tracks. According to the police personnel, the driver of Hazara Express and Gateman Fazal were arrested.
Published in The Express Tribune, September 11th, 2017.