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1st LD: 80 injured, many missing as train falls into canal in E. Pakistan

Xinhua, July 2, 2015 Adjust font size:

At least 80 people were injured and many others went missing when four compartments of a train fell into canal while crossing a bridge in Pakistan's east city of Gujranwala on Thursday afternoon, local media reported.

State TV channel PTV said that the bridge collapsed when the train was passing the canal through it in Janki Chatta area of Gujranwala, a district located in the country's Punjab province.

Railway sources said that the train had 21 cargo and six passenger compartments out of which four fell into the canal.

The injured passengers have been shifted to military hospital of the city.

Rescue work is underway to pull out the stranded people from the canal. Endi