Off Track: Man crushed by oncoming train

FAISALABAD: A train crushed a man in the Chak Jhumra police station precincts on Tuesday afternoon. According to police officials, Chak 102 JB Burj Mandi resident Ghulam Mustafa was crossing the railway track near Chak No.23-JB when he was run over by a speeding train. Mustafa was sent to the DHQ hospital but died on route. Local residents said that he had been crossing the tracks and failed to notice the oncoming train when he was hit.  Police officials have registered a case.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 29^th, 2011.