As many as 9 individuals have been killed and 18 others have been injured in Chakwal after a passenger bus heading from Islamabad to Lahore veered right into a ditch on the motorway close to Dhok Sial, The Information Worldwide reported.
In response to the police spokesperson, the accident occurred because of the negligence of the bus driver. The injured individuals have been taken to Kallar Kahar Trauma Centre and DHQ hospital for therapy.
The Deputy Commissioner mentioned that each one doable medical services have been being supplied to the injured, and people injured have been shifted to the Holy Household Hospital in Rawalpindi. The police spokesperson mentioned that the bus driver fled from the spot, and a search operation was being carried out to search out him. He added {that a} case of accident is being filed on the criticism by the Motorway Police.
In a separate incident, a passenger coach travelling from Karachi to Hyderabad collided with a truck on the M-9 Motorway in Jamshoro, killing two individuals and injuring eight others, together with girls and kids, in line with the rescuers. The truck’s driver and the coach’s conductor have been amongst those that have been killed within the accident.
Passenger bus accidents on highways in Pakistan are widespread and occur as a consequence of quite a few causes, together with the driving force’s negligence, overspeeding and street and climate circumstances. Earlier on July 20, 9 individuals have been killed and greater than 40 others have been injured in a number of accidents in Sindh after two buses overturned in Thatta and Khairpur.
As many as six individuals have been killed and over 20 others have been injured within the accident that occurred at Darsgah Muhammad Ali on the Nationwide Freeway, when a bus was carrying individuals going for picnic from Karachi to Keenjhar Late, overturned as a consequence of dashing. In a separate incident, three individuals have been killed and greater than 25 others injured after a passenger bus travelling from Karachi to Mansehra overturned on the Nationwide Freeway in Khairpur close to Tando Masti space.