At least 19 killed in Pakistan train accident

Local residents gathering near the wreckage of a bus following a collision between a train and a passenger bus in Sukkur district on Saturday (Feb 29). At least 19 people were killed and dozens more injured when a passenger train rammed into a bus on late Friday night in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, officials said. - AFP

ISLAMABAD: At least 19 people died and more than two dozen were injured when a train crashed into a passenger bus in southern Pakistan, officials said on Saturday (Feb 29).

The train was on its way from Karachi to Rawalpindi when it slammed into a bus carrying nearly 50 passengers at an unmanned crossing near Rohri town late Friday.