Death toll in Pak train collision rises to 23

The death toll from a train collision in central Pakistan rose to 23 yesterday after several people succumbed to their injuries overnight, officials said. The incident took place Thursday in Rahim Yar Khan district in Punjab province when a passenger train coming from the eastern city of Lahore rammed into a goods train that had stopped at a crossing. A total of 73 people were still being treated for injuries in various hospitals, officials said.