Two trains collided in Khanpur on Saturday afternoon. The Shalimar Express, which was travelling from Karachi to Lahore, collided with a freight train at the Jetha Bhatta station.
Three bogies of the goods train derailed in the accident along with the engine of the Shalimar Express. The driver of the passenger train has been injured and shifted to a nearby hospital.
Rescue work is currently underway.
On Friday, many Sikh pilgrims were killed and seven injured after a train crashed into a passenger bus at a railway crossing near Farooqabad’s Jatri Road Friday afternoon.
The van collided with the Shah Hussain Express travelling from Karachi to Lahore. The bus was travelling to Peshawar from Nankana Sahib and had 30 Sikh pilgrims aboard.
