A passenger bus and a minivan collided near Zero Point Uthal, close to Hub, killing at least 12 people and injuring 22 others. The crash was described as a horrific accident.
Dr. Hakim Lasi, in-charge of the Edhi Center Lasbela, said the dead included seven men and five women. He added that the injured and the bodies of the deceased had been moved to a nearby hospital.
Route details of the Hub bus-van crash
Police said the passenger coach was travelling from Gwadar to Karachi. The minivan, they said, was heading from Karachi to Bela.
Other fatal road accidents in Rajanpur and Multan
In a separate incident on Oct 21, at least nine people were killed and 39 injured in a road accident on the Indus Highway in Rajanpur district, rescue officials said on Wednesday. A bus travelling from Karachi to Dera Ghazi Khan struck a road divider in Rojhan, leaving eight people dead at the scene, officials said. The death toll rose to nine after a passenger died in hospital.
Officials said 13 of the injured were in a precarious condition. The deceased included women and children, rescuers said, and the bodies and injured were taken to Rajanpur District Hospital.
On Monday, five people were killed in Multan when a speeding car hit a road divider on Bosan Road and caught fire, officials said. Rescuers said firefighters extinguished the blaze and removed five bodies from the vehicles. Three of the dead were identified as Muzammil, 23, Yasir, 22, and Ramazan, 28. The identities of two others in their 20s are yet to be established, and all the deceased belonged to Shuja Abad tehsil of Multan district.
