Eleven people have died and 33 more were hurt on Thursday after a passenger bus slammed into a potato-carrying trailer near Pakpattan in Punjab, according to rescue officials. The 11 deaths and 33 injuries were reported by rescue officials in the aftermath of the collision.
The bus was heading from Multan to Lahore when it struck the trailer near 17-SP, and the impact sent the bus overturning. Personnel of the Para Force and the Punjab Highway Patrol were among those who died.
Rescue teams and officials at the crash site
Rescue teams raced to the location after learning of the accident. They worked to pull injured passengers and bodies from the wreckage. Deputy Commissioner Asif Raza and District Police Officer Javed Iqbal also visited the scene to supervise the rescue effort.
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Injured passengers moved to district hospital
The district administration declared an emergency at the District Headquarters Hospital so that the injured could receive treatment without delay. Rescue personnel continued to shift casualties to hospital while relief operations carried on at the site.
