OKARA: Four people were killed and two others injured when a motorcycle rickshaw they were travelling in was hit by Fareed Express at a railway crossing in Basirpur on Wednesday.
Police and rescue sources said that the Karachi-bound Fareed Express hit the tri-wheeler at a level-crossing in Basirpur area. As a result, four people were killed and two injured, who were shifted to a nearby hospital.
Eyewitnesses said that the rickshaw driver had tried to cross the railway crossing without taking into account the train’s speed.
