(6 Aug 2023)
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Nawabshah, Pakistan - 6 August 2023
1. Wide of train derailment aftermath
HEADLINE: Dozens killed in Pakistan train derailment.
ANNOTATION: A train derailment in southern Pakistan left as many as 30 dead, and over 90 injured.
2. Pan left of damaged carriages
ANNOTATION: Railway officials said the Hazara Express was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi when its 10 cars derailed near Nawabshah.
3. Wide of train and people gathered
4. Wide of hospital, relatives of victims and rescue teams
5. Pan right of injured people being treated
ANNOTATION: The injuries of the victims were described as “serious,” and many were transported to the hospital.
++NIGHT SHOTS++
6. Mid of damaged train carriage
7. Tilt-up of rescue operation, heavy machinery
ANNOTATION: Many rushed to the scene as rescue workers continued recovery efforts into the night.
++PARTIALLY COVERED++
8. SOUNDBITE (Urdu) Ihtesham Ali, Relative of missing passengers:
“Seven members of my family are missing and 22 of my neighbors are missing. So far, we've only found four and the rest are still missing.”
9. Various of damaged carts and wide of scene
ANNOTATION: The cause of the crash is not yet known but such incidents occur frequently in Pakistan, where railway infrastructure is antiquated. An investigation is underway.
STORYLINE:
Railway officials say the death toll from a train derailment in southern Pakistan has risen to at least 30, with more than 90 others injured.
Senior Railway officials said Sunday the Hazara Express was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi when its 10 cars derailed near Nawabshah.
Police said that 30 bodies have been recovered from the overturned and damaged cars and more than 90 were injured, some of them very seriously.
Rescue crews took injured passengers to the nearby People's Hospital in Nawabshah.
The minister for railways said the crash could be due to a mechanical fault or the result of sabotage. He said an investigation was underway.
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