Unsafe journey: Man falls off moving train, loses both legs
The villagers fished out his body.
SUKKUR:
A man lost both his legs after falling off a Karachi-bound train near Mirpur Mathelo early on Monday. The man was found lying injured on the railway track near Khosa railway crossing and was taken to the Civil hospital by the Mirpur Mathelo police. According to the police, the man was identified as Mehmood Arain, a resident of Lahore. He told the police that he was travelling to Karachi in a night coach, when he fell off the train while sleeping. The injured has been referred to Rahim Yar Khan Hospital for further treatment. Separately, a minor boy Imam Din Malik drowned in Chakar Minor near village Mehboob Malik. The villagers fished out his body.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2014.
A man lost both his legs after falling off a Karachi-bound train near Mirpur Mathelo early on Monday. The man was found lying injured on the railway track near Khosa railway crossing and was taken to the Civil hospital by the Mirpur Mathelo police. According to the police, the man was identified as Mehmood Arain, a resident of Lahore. He told the police that he was travelling to Karachi in a night coach, when he fell off the train while sleeping. The injured has been referred to Rahim Yar Khan Hospital for further treatment. Separately, a minor boy Imam Din Malik drowned in Chakar Minor near village Mehboob Malik. The villagers fished out his body.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 15th, 2014.