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At least 60 dead in Pakistan train crash
CNN.com ^ | July 12, 2005

Posted on 07/12/2005 7:51:00 PM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii

Edited on 07/18/2005 1:19:02 PM PDT by Sidebar Moderator. [history]

Fox News.Com is reporting this, but no story. Does anybody know if it is terror, any info?

Thanks

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CNN Update (Thread updated February 18, 2005)

Hundreds injured in three-train collision

Tuesday, July 12, 2005; Posted: 11:09 p.m. EDT (03:09 GMT)

KARACHI, Pakistan (AP) -- "Three passenger trains have collided early Wednesday in southern Pakistan derailing 13 cars and killing at least 60 people and injuring hundreds more, officials have said.

The accident occurred at about 4 a.m. (2300 Tuesday GMT) when a train sitting in a station near Ghotki, in southern Sindh province, was rear-ended by a second train, Abdul Aziz, a senior controller at Pakistan Railways, said.

Reuters news service quotes police official Shabbir Billo as saying at least 120 people were killed in the crash.

"So far, we have taken out at least 120 bodies," the official told Reuters from near the scene of the crash.

The Associated Press quotes a police official as saying at least 60 people have been killed and hundreds injured in the accident.

Aziz said the collision caused several cars to derail and spill over onto another track, where they were struck by the third train, causing further derailment.

'It is a very gruesome situation,' local police official Aga Mohammed Tahir told The Associated Press..."

(Excerpt) Story at CNN:


TOPICS: Foreign Affairs; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: accident; deathtoll; pakistan; rail; train
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1 posted on 07/12/2005 7:51:00 PM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Stay tuned. Very breaking.


2 posted on 07/12/2005 7:52:35 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

riding a train in Pak would be sheer terror.


3 posted on 07/12/2005 7:53:03 PM PDT by Xenophobic Alien (Wilf for president)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
Probably nothing but poor safety standards.

...on the other hand... Good shooting SAS lads.

4 posted on 07/12/2005 7:53:36 PM PDT by MediaMole
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Three Trains Collide in Pakistan, 60 Die

By ZARAR KHAN, Associated Press Writer 4 minutes ago

KARACHI, Pakistan - Three passenger trains collided in southern Pakistan early Wednesday, killing at least 60 people and injuring hundreds more, officials said. State television reported more than 100 were feared dead.
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The accident occurred at about 4 a.m. when a train sitting in a station near Ghotki, in southern Sindh province, was rear-ended by a second train, said Abdul Aziz, a senior controller at Pakistan Railways.

The collision caused several carriages to derail and spill over onto another track, where they were struck by a third train, causing further derailment, he said.

"It is a very gruesome situation," local police chief Agha Mohammed Tahir told The Associated Press. "Rescue workers have started to pull the dead and injured out. There were many people inside and there are a lot of casualties."

He said 60 bodies had been recovered, and hundreds of people were injured.


5 posted on 07/12/2005 7:53:48 PM PDT by Freedom of Speech Wins
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To: CarlEOlsoniii; All

Carl actually Sky news reporting it is horrible train accident two train collade with each other 150 people are dead according to report


6 posted on 07/12/2005 7:54:12 PM PDT by SevenofNine (Not everybody in, it for truth, justice, and the American way,"=Det Lennie Briscoe)
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To: KylaStarr; Cindy; StillProud2BeFree; nw_arizona_granny; Velveeta; Dolphy; appalachian_dweller; ...

ping


7 posted on 07/12/2005 7:54:14 PM PDT by Calpernia (Breederville.com)
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To: Sabramerican

Pakistani bad karma?


8 posted on 07/12/2005 7:54:42 PM PDT by Thinkin' Gal
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
A high casualty count is not a surprise:


9 posted on 07/12/2005 7:54:49 PM PDT by RightOnTheLeftCoast (You're it)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Karma


10 posted on 07/12/2005 7:55:16 PM PDT by opinionator
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"It is a very gruesome situation," local police chief Agha Mohammed Tahir

You mean they actually have POLICE over in the Middle East? Shocking!!


11 posted on 07/12/2005 7:55:35 PM PDT by CarlEOlsoniii (Do Unto Osama as Osama has done unto us!)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

There was a hurricane that blew through Pensacola, FL over the weekend. Was it terror?


12 posted on 07/12/2005 7:55:55 PM PDT by xrp (Fox News Channel should rename itself the Missing Persons Network)
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

Don't mean to laugh, but THAT is flippin' hysterical!!!


13 posted on 07/12/2005 7:56:34 PM PDT by Hand em their arse
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

AMTRAK goes to Pakistan?


14 posted on 07/12/2005 7:56:56 PM PDT by Tacis ("Democrats - The Party of Traitors, Treachery and Treason!")
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

Hmmmmm...Madrid, London, Pakistan....Heavens what a coincidence.

And now back to Aruba and Rove.


15 posted on 07/12/2005 7:59:13 PM PDT by JediForce (DON'T FIRE UNTIL YOU SEE THE WHITES OF THE CURTAINS THEY ARE WEARING ON THEIR HEADS !)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii
"You mean they actually have POLICE over in the Middle East? Shocking!!"

Somebody has to enforce Islamofacism.

16 posted on 07/12/2005 7:59:57 PM PDT by TheCrusader (("the frenzy of the Mohammedans has devastated the churches of God" Pope Urban II)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

How long until there are Muslim media reports that there were Israelis scheduled to take those trains who got tipped off that an "accident" was going to happen and didn't get on the trains?


17 posted on 07/12/2005 8:00:01 PM PDT by nhoward14
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To: RightOnTheLeftCoast

LOL! I've been on trains in Italy that were comparable to this image following regional football (soccer) tournaments. Getting home can be quite challenging!


18 posted on 07/12/2005 8:00:08 PM PDT by Mad_Tom_Rackham (Mark Levin and Ann Coulter for SCOTUS!)
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To: CarlEOlsoniii

We can at least hope Osama and Omar where on one of these trains.


19 posted on 07/12/2005 8:00:54 PM PDT by Types_with_Fist (I'm on FReep so often that when I read an article at another site I scroll down for the comments.)
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To: Freedom of Speech Wins

OMG, how awful! Prayers for both the dead and the injured.


20 posted on 07/12/2005 8:01:54 PM PDT by McGavin999
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