BALOCHISTAN: Five people were killed and three others injured after a passenger bus caught fire in Khuzdar district of Balochistan province on Friday.
Women and children were among the killed, according to paramilitary troops in Khuzdar, who said at least three others were critically injured. The bus was on its way to Karachi from Quetta when it caught fire due to a short circuit in the engine on a national highway in Khuzdar.
Upon getting the information, rescue teams along with police rushed to the site for rescue and relief activities. Firefighters doused the fire before rescuing the injured and shifting them to a nearby hospital.
According to police, DNA tests will be conducted to identify the burnt bodies and then they will be handed over to their relatives.
Earlier, six people including three women were killed when a car collided with a trailer-truck near Sahiwal. Six people of the same family including two women and a child were killed when a troller hit a car on Chichawatni Kamalia Road.
The incident occurred when a speeding truck rammed into a car which overturned on the main highway.
According to rescue sources, the dead bodies have been shifted to the DHQ hospital Chichawatni. Local police and rescue officials reached the site of the incident and shifted the injured to the hospital.
