25 dead in truck-bus collision in Hub
Last updated on: 21 January,2019 11:50 pm
The bus was on its way to Panjgur from Karachi.
HUB (Dunya News) – At least 25 people, including women and children, lost their loves when a bus had a head-on collision with truck in Balochistan’s Hub city on Monday.
According to details, the accident occurred near Bella cross where the bus caught fire soon after smashing into the truck.
At least 12 people sustained severe wounds among whom six were shifted to Karachi and remaining to Quetta in critical condition.
Injured person being provided medical aid. --- Dunya News screengrab
Deputy Commissioner of Lasbela, Shabbir Mengal told that fire erupted in the bus has been extinguished.
The bus was on its way to Panjgur from Karachi. Sources say that the bus caught fire due to Iranian diesel filled in secret compartments.
Chief Minister Balochistan Mir Jam Kamal Khan directed Health Department to provide the best health facilities to the injured. He also ordered the concerned administration to submit report of the accident.