Rajanpur: As a result of a collision between two passenger buses on the Indus Highway Shahwali in Rajanpur, 8 people were killed and several others were injured.
According to rescue sources, the two buses collided with each other due to fog on the Indus Highway.
One bus was going from Peshawar to Karachi while the other was going to Rajanpur from Quetta.
Sources familiar with the matter say that the injured have been shifted to the hospital for treatment, while eight people lost their lives in this tragic incident.
Punjab Chief Minister Chaudhry Pervaiz Elahi has expressed grief over the loss of precious lives in the accident. He asked for a report of the incident from the concerned authorities.
The Chief Minister said that action will be taken against the driver responsible for the accident as per the law. He said that the best treatment facilities should be provided to the injured.
Sehun incident
This is the third bus accident on the Indus Highway in the last three months.
In November, a passenger bus plunged into a water-filled ditch near the Sehun toll plaza on the Indus Highway, killing at least 20 people and injuring 13 others. Among the dead are 12 children.
Deputy Commissioner Jamshoro Fariduddin Mustafa said that there were 33 passengers in the ill-fated van. He said that 20 passengers lost their lives when the van fell into the ditch, adding that 13 passengers were rescued alive.
Police said that the Indus Highway was dredged at various places to drain the flood water. However, despite the passage of two months, the potholes on the road have not been filled yet.
Bus collided with a truck.
Earlier in October, at least 10 people, including women and children, were killed and 13 injured when a passenger bus collided with a truck on the highway near San in Sindh.
The drivers of both the bus and the truck were also killed.
Jamshoro Senior Superintendent of Police Javed Baloch said that the ill-fated bus was going from Karachi to Punjab when it collided with a truck near San.
He said that among the dead are two children and two women who belong to Bahawalpur.
