At least 57 people were killed and scores injured on Sunday when a speeding oil tanker crashed into an over crowded passenger bus on the highway in Pakistan’s southern Sindh province.
Karachi Commissioner Shoaib Siddiqui said the accident took place on the Super Highway when the bus going from Karachi to Shikarpur collided with the oil tanker.
“It was the mistake on part of drivers of both vehicles as they were over speeding and the passenger bus was overloaded with some passengers even sitting on the roof,” Mr. Siddiqui said.
According to Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre (JPMC) emergency department in-charge Seemi Jamali, 57 bodies, including women and four injured have been shifted to Jinnah Hospital, where emergency has been declared.
There were around 60 to 70 passengers in the bus and those sitting in the back leapt out of the windows to save their lives after the bus caught fire.
One survivor told Geo News that the passenger bus was overcrowded and the driver was also over speeding.
“He lost control and panicked when the oil tanker driver lost control and came the wrong way,” he said.
