Eight women dead, many injured in Pakistan train collision

Kashmore: Eight women died, while as many sustained injures as a passenger train hit a rickshaw at an unmanned crossing in Kandhkot, Kashmore on Tuesday. The Khushhal Khan Khattak collided with the passenger vehicle carrying 15 travelers at the Haibat Shaheed railway station at around 1:30pm. According to railways spokesperson, six women died on the spot. The injured include two women, five children and a man. The official said people have been advised again and again to cross the unmanned level crossing carefully as it is without any gate. Minister for Railways Sheikh Rasheed Ahmed expressed heartfelt grief over the incident. (express)