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At least 10 people were killed while 85 others were injured when a passenger train, the Akbar Express, collided with a freight train at the Walhar Railway Station in Sadiqabad on Thursday morning.
Rahim Yar Khan deputy commissioner (DC) Jamil Ahmed Jamil said that some passengers were still stuck in train containers and heavy machinery was being used to remove them, adding that passengers were being provided with food and water.
A police spokesperson said that police, rescue officials and other relevant agencies were busy in the rescue operations.
He said that ambulances from various areas in the district had started reaching the site of the incident in order to shift the injured to DHQ Sadiqabad and Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar Khan.
Rahim Yar Khan DPO Umar Farooq Salamat said that it looked like when the signal changed on the track, the passenger train went on to the loop line where a freight train was parked resulting in the accident.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered his condolences to the families of the victims.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Saddened to learn of train accident in Sadiqabad. My condolences to the victims families and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. Have asked Railways Minister to take emergency steps to counter decades of neglect of railway infrastructure & ensure safety standards.</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1149167717599121409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In a post shared on Twitter, the premier offered prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured.
"Have asked Railways Minister to take emergency steps to counter decades of neglect of railway infrastructure [and] ensure safety standards," he wrote.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1493432/at-least-10-killed-85-injured-as-two-trains-collide-in-sadiqabad
Rahim Yar Khan deputy commissioner (DC) Jamil Ahmed Jamil said that some passengers were still stuck in train containers and heavy machinery was being used to remove them, adding that passengers were being provided with food and water.
A police spokesperson said that police, rescue officials and other relevant agencies were busy in the rescue operations.
He said that ambulances from various areas in the district had started reaching the site of the incident in order to shift the injured to DHQ Sadiqabad and Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar Khan.
Rahim Yar Khan DPO Umar Farooq Salamat said that it looked like when the signal changed on the track, the passenger train went on to the loop line where a freight train was parked resulting in the accident.
Prime Minister Imran Khan has offered his condolences to the families of the victims.
<blockquote class="twitter-tweet" data-lang="en"><p lang="en" dir="ltr">Saddened to learn of train accident in Sadiqabad. My condolences to the victims families and prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured. Have asked Railways Minister to take emergency steps to counter decades of neglect of railway infrastructure & ensure safety standards.</p>— Imran Khan (@ImranKhanPTI) <a href="https://twitter.com/ImranKhanPTI/status/1149167717599121409?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">July 11, 2019</a></blockquote>
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In a post shared on Twitter, the premier offered prayers for the speedy recovery of the injured.
"Have asked Railways Minister to take emergency steps to counter decades of neglect of railway infrastructure [and] ensure safety standards," he wrote.
https://www.dawn.com/news/1493432/at-least-10-killed-85-injured-as-two-trains-collide-in-sadiqabad
