Islamabad, May 20, (dpa/GNA) – A passenger bus in southern Pakistan overturned due to speeding on Thursday, killing 14 people and wounding dozens more, police said.
The bus was travelling to the north-western city of Peshawar from the southern metropolis of Karachi when it crashed in the town of Sukkur, police officer Nadeem Ahmed said.
More than three dozen people were wounded and being treated at the town’s hospitals, Ahmed said.
“The death toll may go up because several injured people are in a critical condition,” a medic at the biggest hospital in Sukkur told Pakistani broadcaster Dunya News.
Bad roads, poorly-maintained vehicles and disregard of traffic laws cause numerous accidents in Pakistan every year and thousands of deaths, according to government statistics.
GNA