BREAKING NEWS

Pakistan train collision kills at least 16

Two trains collided in the Pakistani port city of Karachi on Thursday, killing at least 16 people, police said, in the country's second major rail collision in less than two months.

Television footage showed mangled and overturned carriages, and rescuers were working to free people trapped in the wreckage.

At least 40 injured people were brought to Karachi's Jinnah Hospital, said Dr. Seemin Jamali, Head of the Emergency Department.

The collision occurred between the Zakaria Express and Fareed Express trains, media reported.