Five killed in bus-trailer collision near Bhera interchange
The passenger bus was going to Lahore from Peshawar.
BHERA / JHANG (Dunya News) – Atleast five people were killed and 10 sustained injuries when a speeding bus collided with a trailer near Bhera interchange on motorway on Sunday.
The passenger bus was going to Lahore from Peshawar when it crashed into a trailer loaded with cement.
The dead and injured were shifted to district hospital Bhalwal whereas two critically injured were taken to Gujranwala hospital.
Meanwhile, atleast nine people were injured when a passenger bus toppled near Purana bypass near Bhakar road in Jhang.
The accident occurred due to over speeding.
Accidents are common on roads across Pakistan due to bad road infrastructure and rampant disregard of traffic laws.
Over 9,000 road accidents are reported to the police every year, killing on average around 5,000 people, according to the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics.
