The bus was en-route from Quetta to Karachi
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QUETTA:
At least eight people were killed and 22 others were injured when a high-speed passenger bus overturned on Bela National Highway in Lasbela district of Balochistan early Wednesday.
According to reports, among the deceased were also two levies personnel deployed at the check post which the bus hit before it overturned whereas the injured had been shifted to a local hospital
Edhi officials said that the bus was en-route from Quetta to Karachi.
The deceased have been identified as Sepoy Mohammad Aslam, resident of Rijal Bela; Sepoy Muhammad Yusuf Ameen, resident of Doda Bela; Naz who is identified as the wife of Abdul Sattar; Zulaikha, resident of Panjgur, Haleem Jan Akbar Baloch, resident of Panjgur, Gul Shama Sabir, resident of Panjgur; Noordan Majid, resident of Panjgur and Bismillah Omar Majid, resident of Panjgur.
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Road crashes remain rampant in Punjab
According to Rescue 1122 statistics, traffic accidents were among leading cause of deaths in province
LAHORE:
During the past week fatal road traffic crashes claimed many innocent lives and left several others injured across Punjab.
In one such road accident, at least 13 people were burnt alive after two vehicles collided head on with each other near Narang Mandi on Kala Khatai Road. The incident reportedly occurred because of fog. Right after the accident, a gas cylinder in one of the vehicles caught fire that spread to the other vehicle as well.
As a result, at least 13 people were burnt alive while over 30 others were left injured.