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- Authorities blamed both accidents in Punjab, Sindh provinces on drivers’ negligence
- Fatal road accidents are common in Pakistan, where traffic rules are rarely followed
PESHAWAR: At least 18 passengers were killed on Monday in two separate road accidents in Pakistan’s eastern Punjab and southern Sindh provinces, authorities said.
Ten people were killed and seven others wounded when a passenger bus headed toward Pakistan’s capital overturned and crashed in Fateh Jang, according to the National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP).
The incident took place on the motorway when the bus, en route from Bahawalpur to Islamabad, overturned due to the driver’s negligence. The motorway police immediately reached the site of the accident.
“All bodies and the injured have been shifted to DHQ Fateh Jang [hospital],” the NHMP said in a statement.
Eight other people died when a passenger van collided with a truck on a highway in Naushahro Feroze district in Sindh, AP news agency reported.
Fatal road accidents are common in Pakistan where traffic rules are rarely followed and roads, particularly in rural and mountainous areas, are in poor condition.
Last month, 18 people were killed when a bus carrying wedding guests fell into the Indus River in northern Pakistan.