Rail accident

1957 Gambar train crash

29 Sep 1957 · 30.65° N, 73.10° E

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When
29 Sep 1957
Kind
Rail accident
Coordinates
30.65° N, 73.10° E
Description
train collision in Pakistan
Deaths
300

1957 Gambar train crash

Train collision in Pakistan

On September 29, 1957, a Karachi-bound express passenger train collided at full speed with a stationary oil-tanker train before midnight, at Gambar Railway Station. 300 people were killed and 150 wounded by the accident.

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