56 are killed in Pakistan crash; TRAIN HORROR: 150 injured as express's carriages derailed.AT least 56 people were killed and another 150 injured when an express train crowded with holiday travellers derailed in southern Pakistan today. The train was speeding from Karachi towards Lahore when about 12 of its 16 carriages came off the rails near Mehrabpur, about 250 miles north of Karachi. It was unclear what caused the accident, which left hundreds of terrified ter·ri·fy tr.v. ter·ri·fied, ter·ri·fy·ing, ter·ri·fies 1. To fill with terror; make deeply afraid. See Synonyms at frighten. 2. To menace or threaten; intimidate. passengers to claw their way out of the mangled wreckage in total darkness. By mid-morning, rescuers had taken 56 bodies to three nearby hospitals, said Mumtaz Ali, an official from the Edhi Foundation The Edhi Foundation is a non profit social welfare program in Pakistan, founded by Abdul Sattar Edhi. Edhi is the head of the organization and his wife Bilquis, a nurse, oversees the maternity and adoption services of the foundation. , Pakistan's largest privately-run emergency service. Army engineers used two cranes and cutting equipment to free the last survivors from one of the badly-damaged carriages. CAPTION(S): WRECKAGE... troops join the search for bodies today at the scene of the derailment derailment /de·rail·ment/ (de-ral´ment) disordered thought or speech characteristic of schizophrenia and marked by constant jumping from one topic to another before the first is fully realized. near Mehrabpur. |
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