At least 16 people were killed and 45 others injured in two separate road accidents in Pakistan’s Sindh province, police said.
In the first incident, five people died and 10 were injured when a van collided with a trailer near Qazi Ahmed town in Shaheed Benazirabad District on Saturday. The van, heading to Lal Shahbaz Qalandar’s shrine in Sehwan, first hit a donkey cart before crashing into the trailer, Qazi Ahmed Station House Officer (SHO) Waseem Mirza told Dawn.
In another accident near Ranipur, Khairpur district, 11 people lost their lives, and 35 others sustained injuries when a bus from Burewala collided with a rickshaw on the National Highway. All deceased passengers were from Punjab’s Burewala.
Fatal accidents on Pakistan’s highways are common due to speeding, reckless overtaking, and violation of traffic rules.
