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2007-01-29 India-Pakistan

12 killed as Pakistani train passengers electrocuted

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Posted by Fred 2007-01-29 00:00|| || Front Page|| [6 views since 2007-05-07] Top

#1 Please clear the platform, frieght and baggage areas. Boarding ladders at the ready please. The
the Shikapur Shocker will be arriving momentarily.

Posted by Besoeker 2007-01-29 04:21|| 2007-01-29 04:21|| Front Page Top

#2 "passengers"

Posted by Frank G">Frank G 2007-01-29 08:14|| 2007-01-29 08:14|| Front Page Top

#3 I"ve seen pictures of a train in that area with literaly thousangs of people hanging all over every available inch outside and top, wherever they could get a fingerhold. I always wondered if the railways had any tunnels to scrape off all those "hobos", there"s no way they would fit between the train and the tunnel walls.

Posted by Redneck Jim 2007-01-29 09:23|| 2007-01-29 09:23|| Front Page Top

#4 No word on the flash-fried goat.

Posted by Excalibur 2007-01-29 09:27|| 2007-01-29 09:27|| Front Page Top

#5 The Yahoo news story on this includes the following additional info on why the "electric wire fell on the train".

Many of the passengers sitting on the train's roof were Shiite Muslims who were traveling to attend a religious gathering, said Ahmed Khan, a railroad official in Sukkur. Khan said the train was crowded and those who could not get inside clambered to the roof.

Some of those on the roof carried religious flags and other symbols that apparently struck the overhead electricity line, he said.

If you're sitting on the roof of an electric train, stay away from the guys with the flags on long poles.

Posted by Thinemp Whimble2412 2007-01-29 10:09|| 2007-01-29 10:09|| Front Page Top

#6 Inshallah.

Posted by imoyaro 2007-01-29 11:33|| 2007-01-29 11:33|| Front Page Top

#7 As bad as the commuter rail is...it isn't this bad.

Posted by tu3031 2007-01-29 11:46|| 2007-01-29 11:46|| Front Page Top

#8 Shocking story. So, those that were killed or injured got promoted to conductor. Nice!

Posted by Chuck Darwin 2007-01-29 12:13|| 2007-01-29 12:13|| Front Page Top

#9 I"ve seen pictures of a train in that area with literaly thousangs of people hanging all over every available inch outside and top

I know the picture. It is from Bangladesh, and the train was transporting pilgrims back from a religious event.

Posted by john 2007-01-29 16:04|| 2007-01-29 16:04|| Front Page Top

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