Karachi-bound passenger train nearly escaped disaster after coaches got detached near Kotri

Hyderabad: (Web Desk) A Karachi-bound passenger train of the Pakistan Railways nearly escaped a disaster after some of its coaches got detached from other rakes near Kotri, a city of Jamshoro district in Sindh. No damages have so far been reported in the incident.

According to the sources, the Allama Iqbal Express was moving towards Karachi from Peshawar when the coupling joining the coaches broke suddenly, leaving the train divided into two parts. The incident occurred due to over speeding when the train was changing the track.

As per details after the coupling broke, the automatic brakes stopped both the separated coaches gradually, averting a major disaster. The incident caused disruption on the track as movement between Karachi and Hyderabad has been suspended temporarily.