Thal Express narrowly escapes accident

Train narrowly escapes derailment near Mianwali Railway Station; no injuries reported

MIANWALI:

Thal Express, en route from Rawalpindi to Multan, narrowly escaped an accident after its coaches were derailed near Mianwali Railway Station.

Fortunately, none of the bogies of the train overturned nor was any passenger injured.

The video captured by passengers suggested that the coaches derailed due to dislodgement of fishplates.

The commuters, in a state of fear, disembarked the train whereas the railway authorities reached the site of accident.

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One of the major reasons of train accidents is the dilapidated condition of railway tracks across the country.

In August, 35 people were killed after eight coaches of Hazara Express train en route from Karachi to Rawalpindi derailed near the Sarhari Railway Station in Nawabshah district.

In June 2021 two trains collided near Daharki in Sindh, killing at least 65 people and injuring about 150 others.

At least 75 passengers burnt to death in a fire aboard the Tezgam Express in October 2019, while a two-train collision at Ghotki killed more than 100 people in 2005.