At least 18 individuals, together with girls and kids, had been killed and 16 others injured when a passenger bus caught hearth on Sunday in Pakistan’s Punjab province after colliding with a pick-up van carrying a gasoline tank.
The bus en path to Islamabad from Karachi carried about 40 passengers when it collided with the van at Pindi Bhattian part of Faisalabad motorway, some 140 kilometres from Lahore, round 4:30 am, the police stated.
“On the Pindi Bhatian section of the motorway, the bus hit a static van which was carrying a fuel tank. The bus hit it from the rear and both vehicles caught fire immediately, killing at least 18 passengers,” Inspector General (IG) Motorway Police Sultan Khawaja stated.
Another 16 individuals with burn accidents had been shifted to close by hospitals.
The loss of life toll might rise additional because the situation of a number of the injured is alleged to be important, the IG stated.
The IG additional stated the passengers who managed to leap off the bus survived.
Others didn’t get an opportunity to get off as hearth engulfed each the automobiles, he stated, including that the drivers of each automobiles had been additionally killed within the accident.
IG Khawaja additionally stated the reason for the accident was but to be ascertained “whether the bus driver fell asleep at the time of the accident or the crash took place because of speeding”.
He stated each the automobiles wouldn’t have caught hearth had the van not been carrying a gasoline tank.
He added that the id of those that misplaced their lives could be ascertained by way of DNA assessments after which the our bodies could be handed over to their households.
Punjab caretaker chief minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed grief over the lack of lives within the accident and directed the authorities involved to offer the perfect remedy to the injured.
Road accidents that are frequent throughout Pakistan declare quite a few lives each day.
Five individuals, together with a girl and two minors, had been killed and 20 others injured when a bus overturned within the Fazilpur space of Punjab’s Rajanpur district again in July.
Edited By:
Sudeep Lavania
Published On:
Aug 20, 2023
