FAISALABAD: At least 19 people were killed and 20 others sustain injuries when a bus collided with a truck at the Jhang road in Thaikrywala area near Faisalabad in Wednesday’s wee hours.
An intercity passenger bus was on its way to Layyah when it collided overnight into a trailer coming from the opposite direction, leaving 19 passengers dead and 20 others wounded.
Rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the injured to Allied Hospital while the dead bodies were shifted to mortuary.
The rescue sources said that the death toll may climb further as condition of many injured is stated to be critical. The Rescue and police teams arrived on the spot.
Rescue sources said the accident took place owing to uncontrollable speed of the passenger bus. All the injured passengers have been shifted to nearby hospital.
