Monitoring Desk
ISLAMABAD/KARACHI: A Karachi-bound passenger train of the Pakistan Railways nearly escaped a disaster after some of its coaches got detached from other bogies near Kotri, a city in Jamshoro district in Sindh.
Allama Iqbal Express train
The Allama Iqbal Express was moving towards Karachi from Peshawar when the coupling, joining the coaches, broke suddenly, leaving the train divided into two parts. The incident occurred due to overspeeding when the train was changing the track.
After the coupling broke, the automatic brakes gradually stopped the separated coaches, averting a major disaster. The incident caused disruption on the track as movement between Karachi and Hyderabad has been suspended temporarily.
