Re: Pakistan train crash kills dozens.
The death toll in the crash has been lowered now.
Pakistan Railways lowers crash toll to 35
Updated at Thursday, December 20, 2007 1110 PST
ISLAMABAD: Pakistan Railways on Thursday lowered the death toll from a massive train derailment to 35, even after two people died of their wounds overnight. The state-run company had previously said at least 45 people were killed in Wednesday’s crash, when an express train came shooting off the rails and tumbled down an embankment. “The final death toll is 35,” Pakistan Railways operations director Junaid Qureshi was quoted as saying. He said the earlier higher toll had been an estimate.
He said around 250 people had been injured, most with minor wounds, and that 35 people were still in hospital – 10 in critical condition. The Karachi Express was en route to Lahore, filled with hundreds of people getting ready to celebrate the Muslim holiday of Eid al-Adha, when the train derailed outside Mehrabpur, 200 kilometres (125 miles) northeast of Karachi.