Three killed, 20 injured as passenger coach rams into shop

NAUSHEHRO FEROZE: Three people were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger coach rammed into a shop in Naushehro Feroze on Friday.

According to rescue sources,  a Punjab-bound passenger coach from Karachi met an accident at the National Highway near Kandiaro, a tehsil of district Naushehro Feroze.

As a result, a mother along with her two daughters lost her life. The girls were aged 8 to 10 years. The deceased family is said to be a resident of Shikarpur.

Receiving information about the incident, rescue teams and police reached the scene and shifted bodies and the injured to Taluka Hospital Kandiaro for treatment and autopsies, respectively.

On May 26, at least four people were killed when their car was hit by a passenger train in a railway track near Pattoki.

According to sources, the car was crossing the Landa railway track in Pattoki when a fast-moving passenger train, which was bound for Kara­chi, hit it. It was coming from Lahore. The four people died on the spot.

Meanwhile, rescue teams and police reached the spot and shifted the bodies to the nearby hospital for legal formalities. 

Soon after the incident, the area residents had staged a protest and blocked the railway track demanding the provincial government to take notice of the incident. They had claimed the incident occurred due to the negligence of the railway staff.

The protesters said the killer fenceless tracks of Pakistan Railways runs through the most populated areas of the province and kills several of locals every year.

They further stated despite continuing demands, the Pakistan Railways has not been able to fence its main rail track to save precious lives.