Pakistan express train collision kills 40

Al Jazeera :
At least 40 people have been killed and more than 120 injured after a train collision near the southern Pakistani town of Dharki, officials say, with rescue work still under way to find survivors trapped in the debris.
The collision took place early on Monday morning near the town of Dharki, about 440km (273 miles) north of Pakistan’s largest city of Karachi, officials say.
Senior Daharki police officer Umar Tufail said 40 people were killed.
The death toll was likely to rise as rescuers struggled to reach people trapped in several mangled compartments strewn across the tracks.
“One coach is under the engine, and we can see three bodies trapped inside,” he told AFP news agency.
“Two other bodies have been reported elsewhere too, so we fear that the death toll will rise,” Tufail added.
Television footage from the site of the crash showed the mangled wreckage of the two trains strewn across the track, with rescuers using cranes and other equipment to try and reach those trapped inside.
The accident took place when eight compartments of the northbound Millat Express train derailed near Dharki, local official Razzaq Minhas told Al Jazeera. The southbound Sir Syed Express passenger train then hit the derailed compartments, he said.
“Rescuers are still trying to get into at least two crashed bogeys, they are still removing the debris,” he said. “Equipment and paramilitary forces are there to remove the debris.”