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1991 Ghotki Train Crash
On 8 June 1991, a train crash killed over 100 people in Ghotki, Sindh, Pakistan. A passenger train carrying 800 passengers from Karachi to Lahore crashed into a parked freight train. References [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2005 Ghotki Rail Crash
The Ghotki rail crash occurred on 13 July 2005, at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12 UTC) near Ghotki, Pakistan. No. 24 Dn train (''Quetta Express'') stopped at the station of Sarhad was hit from behind by the following ''Karachi Express'' (No. 16 Dn) train, causing several cars to derail; these were then hit by a third train running in the opposite direction (''Tezgam''). A total of seventeen train cars, carrying over 3000 passengers, were wrecked. Estimates of the death toll ranged as high as over 130. It was the worst train accident in Pakistan in fifteen years. Accident The ''Quetta Express'' was stopped at Sarhad station because of a fault in the brakes when the ''Karachi Express'' travelling from Lahore to Karachi on the same line half an hour later and moving at about 120km/h (75mph), collided with it from behind. An emergency brake application after the crew saw the tail light of the stopped train could not prevent the collision because of insufficient bra ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |