Road accident claims four lives in Karachi

KARACHI: At least four people were killed and 10 others injured in a road accident on Super Highway in Karachi on Thursday night.

According to the details, four people died on the sport and 10 others sustained injuries after an oil tanker collided with another vehicle on the highway.

Police and rescue officials shifted the bodies and the injured to nearby hospital, whereas fire brigade was also called as a preemptive measure. Police sources said that oil spilled on road after the accident.

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At least 14 people had been killed and 33 others injured in a dreadful incident of collision between oil tanker and passenger bus in Lachi area, Kohat, on August 4.

Confirming the death toll, Kohat District Police Officer (DPO) Suhail Khalid had said the dead included women and children also.

He said most of the victims belonged to Buner. Rescue sources said the passenger bus was traveling from Buner to Karachi when this accident took place on Indus Highway.

The sources said the injured and dead were rushed to district headquarters hospital for medical treatment and autopsy respectively. Over 50 passengers were boarded on the bus.