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Pakistan passenger train derails, casualties feared
ISLAMABAD: A passenger train derailed in northern Pakistan late Sunday and several of its coaches fell into a ravine, railway officials said.
Initial reports said six coaches had fallen into a ravine near Jhelum city, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Islamabad, the chief controller of Pakistan Railways, Abdul Rehman..
"There are fears of loss of lives, we are trying to get details," he said.
Trains with emergency service personnel had been dispatched to the scene of the derailment from Lahore, Rehman added.
The non-stop train was heading to Lahore from Rawalpindi. The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.
http://geo.tv/geonews/details.asp?id=10435...tegory=pakistan
ISLAMABAD: A passenger train derailed in northern Pakistan late Sunday and several of its coaches fell into a ravine, railway officials said.
Initial reports said six coaches had fallen into a ravine near Jhelum city, about 100 kilometers (60 miles) northeast of Islamabad, the chief controller of Pakistan Railways, Abdul Rehman..
"There are fears of loss of lives, we are trying to get details," he said.
Trains with emergency service personnel had been dispatched to the scene of the derailment from Lahore, Rehman added.
The non-stop train was heading to Lahore from Rawalpindi. The cause of the derailment was not immediately known.
http://geo.tv/geonews/details.asp?id=10435...tegory=pakistan
