KHUZDAR, (MANEND NEWS): At least 18 passengers were killed and
thirty injured when a bus carrying pilgrims over-turned near Khuzdar
on Friday.
According to media reports, the passenger coach was traveling from
Wadh to Dadu when it met with an accident at Khori in Khuzdar district
of Balochistan, as a result of which 15 people on the bus died on the
spot while 30 others were injured.
As soon as the accident was reported, rescue and Levies personnel
rushed to the spot and started rescue operations.
The injured and deceased were shifted to Government Teaching
Hospital Khuzdar and CMH Khuzdar, where three more people died and
the death toll rose to 18. The condition of some of the injured is said
to be critical.
Sources said that the passenger coach lost control and turned turtle
because it was over-speeding.