Eight bogies of Eid train derail in Pakistan
Pakistan Times Wire Service

KARACHI: Eight bogies of Karachi-Peshawar Eid Special train derailed Saturday near Kalapul; however, nobody was injured or killed.

Peshawar-bound second Eid Special train left Karachi at 3:00 in the afternoon. When train approached Kalapul, its eight bogies were all of a sudden derailed. Owing to the slow speed, the train escaped any casualty.

After the sudden derailment, the front six bogies were sent to Drigh Road Station; while, the alternative arrangement is being done for the derailed bogies.

According to Divisional Superintendent Railways Karachi, Mir Mohammed Khaskheli, owing to the traffic rush, the Eid Special train had to be run on the old railway track, adding that soon the alternative coaches would be managed to get the train back on the way to Peshawar.●