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1st LD Writethru: 10 killed in bus-truck collision in Central Pakistan

Xinhua, May 21, 2016 Adjust font size:

At least 10 people were killed and 20 others injured when a passenger bus hit into a truck in Pakistan's central Jhang district on Saturday morning, local Urdu media reported.

Samaa News said that the passenger bus was on its way to east Chakwal district from southern port city of Karachi when it hit to the truck coming from opposite direction.

The bus driver lost control over the vehicle due to over-speeding and collided with the truck in Nasirabad area of Jhang, a district located in the country's east Punjab province.

The injured people including women and kids have been shifted to Jhang District Hospital where five of them are said to be in critical condition.

The chief minister of Punjab province Shahbaz Sharif expressed sorrow over the accident and directed hospital authorities to provide best possible medical treatment to the injured people. Endit