Eight family members die as train hits van in southern Pakistan

Pakistani security personnel inspect wreckage of van following an overnight accident where a train collided with a minivan in Allah Dino Sand, near Hyderabad, on February 15, 2016. - AFP

KARACHI, Feb  15, 2016 (AFP) - A train crashed into a van at a crossing in southern Pakistan, killing eight people and injuring four from the same family, an official said Monday.

In the latest accident to hit the country’s run-down railways the northbound Fareed Express hit the van near Allah Dino Sand, a village 170 kilometres (105 miles) north of Karachi.