Train crash in southern Pakistan kills more than a hundred
{{date|July 13, 2005}}
[[Image:PakistanSindhghotki.png|framed|right|Location of Ghotki in the Sindh province]]
At least 127 died early this morning when three trains crashed in a chain reaction in a station near {{w|Ghotki}} in the [[Sindh]] Province of [[Pakistan]]. It is feared the fatality count may rise as high as 200-300 people. Around 800 others were injured, many of them seriously. Officials for [[Pakistan Railways]] told [[Associated Press|AP]] that the accident happened at about 4am local time (2300 {{w|UTC}} Tuesday) when an express train from [[Lahore]] bound for [[Karachi]] crashed into another train which had broke down earlier and was sitting at the station. Almost immediately after, a third train slammed into carriages derailed from the first crash. In total some 13 cars derailed. The incident is blamed on the driver of the Karachi train who reportedly misread a signal.

The line between Lahore and Karachi, the nation's biggest cities, is among the busiest in the country.

It is Pakistan's worst train accident since December 1989 when a crash near {{w|Sangi, Pakistan|foreign=suppress|Sangi}}, about 35 {{w|mile|miles}} (56 {{w|kilometre|kilometres}}) from today's crash site, killed over 400 people.

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== Sources ==
*{{source|url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/south_asia/4677595.stm
|title=Over 100 killed in Pakistan crash
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|pub= BBC News
|date=July 13, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20050713/ap_on_re_as/pakistan_trains_collide;_ylt=AmfRBV.5zNhcJTuJRHTAsBas0NUE;_ylu=X3oDMTA2Z2szazkxBHNlYwN0bQ--
|title=More Than 100 Die in Pakistan Train Crash
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|pub= AP
|date=July 13, 2005}}

*{{source|url=http://www.afp.com/english/news/stories/050713095727.x2vxe7i2.html |title=Pakistan train crash leaves 150 dead, 1,000 injured |author= |pub=AFP |date=July 13, 2005}}

==See also ==
*[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghotki_rail_crash Ghotki rail crash]

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Location of Ghotki in the Sindh province
At least 127 died early this morning when three trains crashed in a chain reaction in a station near AP that the accident happened at about 4am local time (2300
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