NAROWAL: The Sialkot Express hit a car on the tracks of the Sahuwala canal, killing its driver and injuring a passenger on Saturday.

The train was travelling from Wazirabad via Sialkot/Narowal to Lahore.

The car was hit by the train passing through the canal track near the Sahuwala Patrolling Police Post.

A Rescue 1122 team arrived at the scene and found the car driver, Mushtaq Masih (45), was killed on the spot. Parvez on the passenger seat was injured in the incident.

The rescue team handed over the dead body of the victim to the police.

Eyewitnesses said the car was crossing the canal through the railway track. The train pushed the car and took it to the middle of the canal on the track while stopping the train.

Pervez who was on the passenger seat jumped out of the car before the train hit it.

The track was cleared after a two-hour long struggle and the Sialkot Express left for its destination.

Published in Dawn, August 17th, 2025