Balochistan: 15 killed, 9 injured in bus accident

At least 11 people were killed and eight injured on Tuesday when a passenger coach overturned on the Quetta-Karachi road near Uthal in Balochistan’s Lasbela district, officials said.

The driver of the coach, which was headed from Panjgur to Karachi, was speeding, Levies sources said.

Soon after the accident, rescue services arrived at the scene and used heavy machinery to lift the vehicle so that people trapped under it could be rescued, officials added.

The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital where several of them are said to be in critical condition.

The bodies including four women and five kids were handed over to relatives after identification.

The accident disrupted road traffic, before rescue and police teams removed the wreckage of the bus from the road to restore the traffic. Enditem