Ghotki rail crash

Quand

13 juil. 2005

Type

Accident ferroviaire

Coordonnées

28.04° N, 69.42° E

Description

2005 train crash in Pakistan

Deaths

130

Injured

1000

2005 train crash in Pakistan

The Ghotki rail crash occurred on 13 July 2005, at around 3:40am local time near Ghotki, Pakistan. No. 24 Dn train stopped at the station of Sarhad was hit from behind by the following Karachi Express train, causing several cars to derail; these were then hit by a third train running in the opposite direction (Tezgam). A total of seventeen train cars, carrying over 3000 passengers, were wrecked.

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