| Ghotki rail crash | |
|---|---|
| Details | |
| Date | 13 July 2005 |
| Location | Ghotki |
| Country | Pakistan |
| Line | Karachi to Rawalpindi |
| Operator | Pakistan Railways |
| Incident type | Collision |
| Cause |
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| Statistics | |
| Trains | 3 |
| Deaths | more than 100 |
| Injured | 1000 |
The Ghotki rail crash occurred on 13 July 2005, at around 3:40am local time (2240 July 12 UTC) near Ghotki, Pakistan. No. 24 Dn train (Quetta Express) stopped at the station of Sarhad was hit from behind by the following Karachi Express (No. 16 Dn) train, causing several cars to derail; these were then hit by a third train running in the opposite direction (Tezgam). A total of seventeen train cars, carrying over 3000 passengers, were wrecked. Estimates of the death toll ranged as high as over 130. It was the worst train accident in Pakistan in fifteen years.