Hundreds of people killed or injured in train derailment in southern Pakistan
(VOVWORLD) - At least 30 people were killed and 80 others injured when a passenger train derailed in southern Pakistan Sunday.
 Paramilitary Rangers inspect the carriages following the derailment of a passenger train in Nawabshah, in Pakistan's southern Sindh province, on August 6, 2023. (Photo: AFP)
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10 cars of the Hazara Express derailed near the Sarhari railway station off Nawabshah in Sindh province.
Local authorities declared a state of emergency at the hospitals near the site. Investigators are working to determine the cause of the accident.
Accidents on Pakistan's decaying rail system are common and successive governments have for years been trying to secure funds to upgrade the rail network.
A major train crash in Sindh in 2021 killed 56 people and injured more than 100.