ISLAMABAD: Eleven people were killed and nine others were injured this week when a trailer crashed into a passenger bus in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province, a reported issued by police said on Sunday.
The accident took place on the National Highway in Sindh’s District Khairpur near Tando Masti Khan village at 01:20 am on Saturday night, a report by Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Khairpur Dr. Samiullah Soomro said. It added that the accident occurred when a passenger bus, on its way from the eastern Punjab province to Karachi, was struck from behind by the trailer.
“Trailer taken into police custody,” the report said. “Further investigation and updates are in progress.”
The report said three of the injured have been shifted to Civil Hospital Khairpur while the other six have been transferred to GIMS Hospital in Gambat.
Road accidents are particularly common in Sindh, where single carriageway roads connect various cities and villages while local drivers usually avoid traffic rules and speed limits on highways.
At least eight people were killed last month in Sindh when a car and a trailer collided on the Jamshoro-Thatta road near Kotri SITE area in the province.
