Train collision with vehicle kills 12, wounds 4 in Pakistan

At least 12 people were killed and four others were wounded as a train collided with a motorcycle rickshaw at a railway crossing in Sheikhupura, eastern Pakistan on Saturday. A senior police official said that the accident occurred in Khanpur town of Sheikhupura district, around 40 kilometres northwest of Lahore city, killing at least 12 on the spot while four others are seriously wounded, including women and children. The crossing had no barriers and a train heading towards Lahore from Faisalabad city collided with a rickshaw when the driver attempted to cross the unmanned level crossing. The government has announced a compensation of USD 500 each for the victims.