Death Toll in 3-Train Crash Rises to 128
From Times Wire Reports
The death toll rose to at least 128 in the chain-reaction crash of three passenger trains in Pakistan, authorities said.
The country’s worst rail disaster in more than a decade also injured hundreds at a remote station near the town of Ghotki.
Abdul Wahab Awan, general manager of Pakistan Railways, blamed the driver of the Karachi Express for misreading a signal and rear-ending the Quetta Express. Derailed cars were then hit by the Tezgam Express.
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