At least 20 people were killed when a bus caught fire after colliding with an oil tanker in Pakistan on Tuesday, police said. The passengers were a couple of hours into a long journey when their vehicle crashed on the outskirts of the central city of Multan.
Photos of the scene show the burnt-out wreckage of the bus after it smashed into the back of the tanker. I can confirm 20 people have been killed in the incident due to the fire,” Rao Zulfiqar Ali, a senior police official, told AFP.
Six other people were injured in the incident, he said. Pakistan has a dismal record of fatal traffic accidents due to poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.
In 2015 at least 62 people were killed in another fiery crash involving a passenger bus and an oil tanker in the southern Sindh province.
Source: eNCA
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