Crashed Bus Leads To 11 Deaths

A bus on its way to Karachi from Quetta fell down a ravine near Khuzdar on Monday led to the death of eleven passengers and 29 injured. The accident was supposedly as a result of speeding.

The passenger coach was trying to negotiate a turn when it upended in the Saman area not far from Wadh, about 40 kilometers away from Khuzdar city.

Shabbir Ahmed Badini, the Assistant Commissioner was journeying way over its speed limit when it attempted to turn and went crashing down the ravine, killing 11 passengers instantly.

The victims were transferred to the Khuzdar district headquarters hospital where an emergency was announced. The death toll has been put at 12 by rescuers.

The deceased were identified as Abdul Wassy from Pishin; Abdul Zahir, Mohammad Faiz, Niaz Ahmed from Khuzdar; Mehsood Khan, Sanaullah, Mohammad Imran from Karachi; Abdul Hadi from Musa Khel; Maqsood Khan from Thatta; and Mohammad Hussain from Lasbela.

Khuzdar residents questioned the role of the Highway Police on RCD Highway, where it supposedly frequent for bus drivers to violate traffic and safety rules yet go unpunished.

The highway is notorious for its several grievous traffic accidents in the recent past with the most serious occurring in March 2014 when two passenger buses and a petrol tanker collided killing 35 people near Hub, with most of the victims being burned to death.

Another collision between a truck and a passenger coach occurred on October 22, 2014 in Balochistan’s Lasbela district, leading to the deaths of 11 people and more than two dozen injured.

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