Sukkur rail disaster

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Sukkur rail disaster
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Date4 January 1990
Location Sukkur
CountryPakistan
Line Multan to Karachi
Operator Pakistan Railways
Incident typeCollision
CauseIncorrectly set points
Statistics
Trains2
Deaths307
Injured700

The Sukkur rail disaster occurred on 4 January 1990 in the village of Sangi, near Sukkur in Sindh, Pakistan, claiming 307 lives. This makes it the deadliest rail accident in the country's history. [1]

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The Bahauddin Zakaria Express, on an 800-kilometre (500 mi) overnight journey from Multan to Karachi, was significantly over capacity with far more passengers than its 1,408-seat limit. The train was meant to pass through Sangi, but misaligned rail points diverted it into a siding where it collided with a stationary 67-car freight train at a speed of at least 55 kilometres per hour (35 mph). The collision destroyed the first three carriages and severely damaged two others, resulting in 700 injuries alongside the fatalities.

An investigation held railway staff directly responsible for the disaster, leading to manslaughter charges against three employees on duty at Sangi station. [2]

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  1. "Chronology of world train disasters". 2 August 1999.
  2. "Top Orlando News, Weather, Sports, Entertainment". Archived from the original on 6 April 2012.