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2 killed in

train-tractor

collision

CHINIOT: Two persons were killed when a Sargodha bound Super Express collided with a tractor trolley at open railway crossing of Ghafoorabad here on Saturday.

After the incident, railway traffic on this section was suspended and Super Express was still standang there. The passengers of the train left to their homes after using other means of transportation.

According to details, Mohammad Bashir alongwith his uncle Mohammad Ali were on their way to home on a tractor trolley after doing labour. When they reached at in open railway crossing at Ghafoorabad, the trolley struck against the train, as a result of which both died on the spot.

The trolley after remaining into trains track against a tanga and a moter-cycle, as a result of which a horse was killed and riders of tanga, mericulously escaped.

The railway traffic on this section could not be restored till the filing of this report.-PPI