What the records say
- When
- 7 Jun 2021
- Kind
- Rail accident
- Coordinates
- 28.07° N, 69.84° E
- Description
- 2021 derailment and collision in Pakistan
- Deaths
- 65
- Injured
- 150
- Cause
- derailment
2021 Ghotki rail crash
2021 derailment and collision in Pakistan
On 7 June 2021, before dawn, two trains collided near Daharki, in the Ghotki District of the southern province of Sindh in Pakistan, killing at least 65 people and injuring about 150 others. An express train derailed onto the opposite track, and a second express train crashed into the first roughly a minute later. About six to eight bogies were left "completely destroyed".
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- Wikidata: air, rail, road, mining and industrial accidentsWikidata contributorsCreative Commons CC0 1.0 (public domain dedication)Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (English), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “2021 Ghotki rail crash: In Pakistan, 2 trains collided in Daharki, in the Ghotki District of Sindh”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
- Wikipedia year pages (Arabic), by Wikipedia contributorsWikipedia contributors · names it “تصادم قطارين في مقاطعة غوتكي الباكستانية يؤدي لمقتل 63 شخصًا”Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0Source page
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