Three killed, 10 injured as bus overturns near Ghotki

Dunya News

The ill-fated bus, with 45 passengers, was going to Karachi from Bannu.

GHOTKI (Dunya News) – Two women and a minor girl died and ten other passengers were wounded when a bus turned turtle due to over-speeding at the Multan-Sukkur Motorway near Ghotki in the wee hours of Tuesday, Dunya News reported.

According to eye-witnesses, the bus caught fire after the accident due to which three people, including two women and a girl, were burnt alive while ten other people were wounded.

The ill-fated bus, with 45 passengers, was going to Karachi from Bannu. Police sources said that the accident occurred as the driver fell asleep during driving and lost the control of the bus.

Police and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Mirpur Mathelo.