KARACHI: Seven people died and over 40 were injured after two passenger coaches collided head on Mehran Highway near Nawabshah in Sindh on Sunday.
Deputy Inspector General of Police (DIGP) Mohammad Younis Chandio confirmed the death toll. The injured, he said, were being treated at the People’s University of Medical and Health Sciences.
The accident took place on Daur Bandhi Road a little after 4am today when two passenger buses coming from Karachi and Peshawar collided with each other.
Mehran Highway was closed for traffic after the accident and vehicles were diverted towards the National Highway.
Earlier this month, at least 13 people, including five women, were killed and 31 others injured when a bus veered off the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway and overturned near Kallar Kahar.
The accident, police had said, occurred after the driver lost control over the steering apparently due to a “brake failure”.
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