Wrong-way dumper kills five passengers in Tharparkar
Seven injured passengers were taken to Civil Hospital Mithi, where four were listed as critical, ARY News reported citing hospital officials.
Five passengers were killed in Tharparkar on Friday after a dump truck moving against the flow of traffic collided with a passenger coach on Mithi-Badin Road, ARY News reported, citing police and hospital sources.
The truck was on the wrong side of the road when it hit the coach, and the five passengers aboard the coach died at the scene.
Seven injured passengers were shifted to Civil Hospital Mithi. The medical superintendent of the hospital told ARY News that four of the injured were in critical condition and had been referred to another hospital for further treatment. The remaining three injured passengers were receiving treatment at Civil Hospital Mithi at the time of the report.
The Tharparkar crash comes weeks after another fatal road accident in Khanpur on September 6. In that incident, a tractor trolley carrying wedding guests collided with a trailer on the National Highway, killing seven people and injuring more than 60, ARY News reported. The tractor trolley was travelling from Sardar Garh to Zahir Pir when it collided head-on with an oncoming trailer. Four people were killed on the spot, while more than 60 others sustained injuries. Local administration and rescue teams reached the scene and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital.
Independent News Pakistan also carried the report of the Tharparkar crash, with the same number of deaths.
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