LAHORE:
At least 20 other people had been killed and 6 injured on early Tuesday morning when a passenger bus crashed into an oil tanker and stuck fireplace at the Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M-5) close to the Jalal Pur Pirwala Interchange.
The sleeper bus was once on its approach to Karachi from Lahore and departed at 9pm on Monday. Around 25 other people had been on board with 22 passengers headed to Karachi and two to Hyderabad.
Multan Deputy Commissioner Tahir Wattoo showed the incident on his legit Twitter care for, pronouncing that the passenger bus collided with the oil tanker. Multan Commissioner Amir Khattak additionally showed the advance in a tweet and stated the twist of fate had taken position round 4am.
According to Rescue 1122 Multan, the our bodies and injured were shifted to Nishter Hospital Multan.
The spokesperson of the Motorway Police stated the bus stuck fireplace as quickly because the collision came about. It took a number of hours for the rescue groups to place out the hearth.
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According to eyewitnesses, the hearth was once so intense that the flames might be noticed from a number of miles away.
Traffic remained suspended at the dual carriageway for a number of hours after the twist of fate.
While the reason for the crash has now not been showed, some police officers opined that the bus was once overspeeding whilst others allege that the motive force had fallen asleep.
Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif additionally expressed grief over the incident and prayed for the deceased and their households. “I’m saddened through the lack of 20 valuable lives within the twist of fate. My prayers are with the bereaved households,” he tweeted.
جلال پور پیر والا انٹر چینج پر ہونے والا آئل ٹینکر کا حادثہ نہایت ہی افسوناک ہے ۔ حادثے میں 20 قیمتی جانوں کے ضیاع پر دکھی اور رنجیدہ ہوں۔ میری دعائیں غم زدہ خاندانوں کے ساتھ ہیں۔ اللہ تعالی سے دعا ہے کہ وہ مرحومین کو اپنے جوار رحمت میں جگہ دے اور پسماندگان کو صبر جمیل عطا فرمائے
— Shehbaz Sharif (@CMShehbaz)
August 16, 2022
Punjab Chief Minister Pervaiz Elahi has additionally expressed expressed grief over the loss and prolonged condolences to the bereaved households.
He directed the related government to offer “the most efficient imaginable scientific remedy” to the injured and to cooperate with the households of the deceased to spot them.
Source Link: https://tribune.com.pk/story/2371425/at-least-20-killed-as-bus-collides-with-oil-tanker-on-multan-sukkur-motorway