At least 20 other people had been killed and 6 injured when a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker at the Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M-5) within the early hours of Tuesday, officers stated.

Multan Deputy Commissioner Tahir Wattoo showed the incident in a commentary, pronouncing that the passenger bus, which used to be travelling from Lahore to Karachi, hit the oil tanker from the rear aspect at Jalalpur Peerwala interchange at the highway.

A hearth erupted after the collision and 20 other people died at the spot, the commentary added.

Later, Multan Commissioner Amir Khattak additionally showed the improvement in a tweet. He stated the coincidence had taken position round 4am.

Photographs shared by means of him confirmed that the bus and the oil tanker had been totally burnt within the incident.

At 4am at highway obarra junobi horrible coincidence came about between bus LES -1211- 09 and Oil TankerLDA/6. Bus that used to be transferring from Lahore to Karachi hit oil Tanker from bottom and hearth erupted.06X individuals were given Injured and 20X died at the spot.On spot tracking rescue procedure pic.twitter.com/r87E2OvvmF

— Commissioner Multan (@CommissionerMu2) August 16, 2022