Motorway accidents claim 18 lives and leave 35 injured in various accidents in Punjab and Sindh.
The Faisal Movers bus service, known for its history of accidents, overturned near the Fateh Jhang Interchange on the Motorway M-14 in Attock district of Punjab, resulting in 10 fatalities and 22 injuries. The bus was en route from Mianwali to Rawalpindi when the driver lost control, reportedly due to overspeeding. Rescue 1122 teams transported the injured to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital.
A van-truck collision near Moro city on Motorway M-6 killed 8 people and injured 13 in Naushahro Feroze district, Sindh. The van, carrying passengers returning from a wedding in Hyderabad, collided with a stationary truck.
18 people were killed and 37 sustained injuries in 2 separate traffic accidents on Monday, including a bus overturning incident near Punjab’s Fateh Jang and a collision between a wedding van and trawler in Sindh’s Naushahro Feroze district.
Rescue 1122 officials tolds: the number of those wounded in the accident stands at 22, adding that the victims hailed from Bahawalpur, Vehari, Sharaqpur and Islamabad.
Motorway Police Spokesperson said that the bus, travelling from Bahawalpur to Islamabad, met a deadly accident due to the driver’s negligence.
CM Punjab Maryam Nawaz Sharif expressed a deep grief and sorrow over the loss of lives due to a collision between a trawler and a wedding van in Naushahro Feroze district, and the deaths due to overturning of a bus near Attock-Fateh Jang Interchange.
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