Overview
- Rescue 1122 reported one fatality and treated 12 to 13 injured passengers after the Lahore-bound train struck a freight train on a loop line near Lakha Road Station.
- Railway police said traffic on the main line was suspended as a relief train was sent to remove the damaged locomotive, coaches and wagons.
- Unnamed sources told Dawn the interlocking system directed the passenger train onto the loop line where the goods train was standing.
- The train’s driver said the interlocking was set for the loop line, the signal showed red and the brakes did not work properly, claims now subject to the inquiry.
- An anonymous Pakistan Railways official identified the deceased as employee Nadeem Shah, who was on duty at the time.