RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least 13 people were killed when a passenger coach and a van collided in Rahim Yar Khan district of Punjab.
The incident took place on the M-5 motorway in Rahimyar Khan, when a passenger van overturned after its tyre burst and the occupants were trying to pull the injured out of the vehicle.
رحیم یار خان : ظاہر پیر سی پیک ایم 5 پر ٹائر پھٹنے سے اے پی وی گاڑی الٹ گئی۔
مسافروں کو بچانے کے لیے پیچھے سے آنے والی بس کے افراد زخمیوں کو نکال رہے تھے کے ایک اور بس نے سب کو کچل ڈالا۔
حادثے میں13 افراد جاں بحق ، متعدد زخمی pic.twitter.com/hvOX70qhF1— MM News (@mmnewsdottv) February 25, 2023
Meanwhile, a speeding passenger coach rammed into a passenger van from behind, killing 13 people on the spot and injuring several others.
Rescue teams and police rushed to the spot after receiving initial information and shifted the injured people to nearby hospital for medical treatment. Rescue officials claimed that the dead and injured passengers belong to Faisalabad.
Meanwhile, Caretaker Chief Minister Punjab Mohsin Naqvi has expressed a deep sense of sorrow and grief over the loss of precious human lives in a traffic accident near Rukanpur area of Rahim Yar Khan on Friday night.
He expressed his heartfelt sympathy with the heirs of the deceased and directed the administration to provide best medical facilities to the injured and sought a report about the accident.
The Caretaker CM ordered to initiate a legal action against the driver responsible for the accident.
