HYDERABAD: Six people were killed on the spot, while 30 received injuries when a bus reportedly overturned Tuesday (today) morning near the National Highway in Hyderabad. The accident took place as a result of the driver losing control of the vehicle due to speeding. The bus was travelling from Bahawalpur to Karachi.
The injured have been shifted to a nearby civil hospital.
The vehicle was en route from Bahawalpur to Karachi.
Rail and road accidents are a common occurrence across Pakistan.
A few weeks back, two road accidents in Punjab claimed eight lives.
In the first incident, a passenger van travelling to Murree from Lahore collided with a speeding car, resulting in the death of two women identified as Noreen and Sidra and three children, identified as Hamza, Hadia, and Wasiq.
The second accident occurred in Shahkot, Nanakana Sahib when a vehicle travelling to Faisalabad from Jaranwala caught fire due to an alleged CNG cylinder leak.
Two women and a child died as a result of the fire.