ISLAMABAD, Feb 8 (NNN-APP) – At least 25 people were killed and several others injured, when a passenger bus collided with a car, in Pakistan’s northern Gilgit-Baltistan (GB) region, government officials and police said, yesterday.
The accident occurred after the over-speeding bus collided with a car near the Shatial check post, in the Kohistan district of the region, information minister of the GB province, Fatehullah Khan, told media.
The passenger bus and the car fell into a ravine after the accident, said the official, adding that, at least 45 passengers were onboard the bus, when the incident happened.
Rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the victims to a nearby hospital.
Road accidents are quite frequent in Pakistan, mainly due to poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and unprofessional driving.– NNN-APP
