MULTAN, Pakistan: A passenger van crashed into a pickup truck in central Pakistan on Tuesday, killing 21 people including women and children, police said.
The accident occurred at a busy highway intersection near Bahawalpur town, south of the central city of Multan.
“A van carrying 22 passengers on board collided head on with (a pickup truck) with 15 people on board while negotiating a blind turn, killing 21 people,” local police official Irshad Haider Bukhari told AFP.
He said those killed in the crash included 11 women and two children.
A senior doctor at Bahawal-Victoria Hospital, Muhammad Irshad Chaudhry, confirmed the casualties.
Pakistan has one of the world’s worst records for fatal traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.
Road accident kills 21 in central Pakistan
