About 120 killed in Pakistani train crash - police

KARACHI - About 120 people were killed in Pakistan when three passenger trains were involved in a crash, police said.

"So far, we have taken out at least 120 bodies," a police official said from near the scene of the crash near Ghotki, a small town in southern Sindh province.

Tahir said at least 19 carriages derailed when a train coming from the eastern city of Lahore hit another train near Ghotki station. A third train also hit the derailed carriages.

- REUTERS