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This Article is From Nov 03, 2009

Three killed, 15 injured in Pak train collision

Karachi: At least three persons were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday when a passenger train collided with a freight train near a railway station in the southern Pakistani port city of Karachi.

The Allama Iqbal Express collided with the cargo train near Jumma Goth Station. Senior railway officials said the collision was caused by a "mix-up" over signals.

Rescue workers and local residents helped pull passengers out of the mangled bogies of the Allama Iqbal Express.

TV news channels quoted witnesses as saying that three persons were killed and 15 injured in the accident.

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