ISLAMABAD, May 4 (NNN-APP) – At least 13 people were killed and 25 others injured, in a road accident in Attock district of Pakistan’s eastern Punjab province, last night, rescue officials and local media said.
Officials from the Rescue 1122 told media that, a passenger bus overturned near the Burhan Interchange, at the motorway in Hassan Abdal area of the district, leaving 13 people dead and 25 others injured.
Rescue personnel and police rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and the injured to a hospital in Hassan Abdal.
Local media, quoting hospital officials, reported that most of the injured suffered serious injuries and were in critical condition. The deceased include a woman and a child.
The patrolling police of the motorway said, the accident took place when the driver lost control over the bus because of over speeding.
The ill-fated bus was heading towards the country’s north-west Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province from Lahore, the capital of Punjab province.– NNN-APP
