QUETTA: At least 11 people were killed and 12 others wounded when their passenger coach met an accident in Othal area of Balochistan.
Rescue sources said the mishap took place at Sakan near Wayaro Farm where the coach driver could not control the speeding vehicle, resulting in the death of passengers.
The deceased include five women, two children and four men, rescue officials said. The bodies and the injured have been shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Othal. The ill-fated passenger coach was en route to Karachi from Panjgur.
Earlier this month, at least four people died and seven others suffered injuries in three road accidents in Chagai and Nushki districts.
According to official sources, three people, including two drivers, were killed when a trailer and an Iranian pick-up coming from the opposite side collided on RCD Highway near Dalbandin. The bodies were shifted to Prince Fahad Hospital in Dalbandin by the people travelling on the highway.
In a similar accident, a man was killed and another injured when two pick-up vehicles collided on a road near Mall area in Nushki district. The body and the injured were taken to the DHQ hospital in Nushki.
At least 198 people have died in road accidents on the highways of Balochistan during the past one year. The majority of these accidents took place at the Quetta-Karachi and Quetta-Zhob highways.
