Daharki,Pakistan — Pakistani engineers reopened the nation’s main north-south railway line Tuesday after clearing the mangled wreckage of two trains that collided in a remote farming region, killing dozens and highlighting huge safety problems on the dilapidated network.
At least 63 people died early Monday when a high-speed passenger train knifed through carriages of another express that had derailed minutes earlier near Daharki in Sindh province.
It took the army and civil engineers a day and a half to clear the wreckage of carriages that were crushed or sliced open like tin cans.
A heavy stench of diesel, sweat, and blood hung over the scene, with workers saying bodies were…
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