KARACHI (Pakistan), Jul 3 (Agencies): A speeding, overcrowded passenger bus veered off a highway and plunged into a rocky ravine in southwestern Pakistan early on Friday, killing at least 40 people and injuring eight others in one of the country’s deadliest road accidents in recent years, officials said.
According to the Medical Emergency Response Centre (MERC), rescue teams recovered 40 bodies from the crash site, while the eight injured passengers were shifted to the Trauma Centre in Zhob for treatment.
According to a report in The Express Tribune, a large-scale rescue operation was launched with six ambulances, 12 emergency medical technicians (EMTs) and 10 light transport vehicles deployed to the scene.
An official said the bus was overcrowded as it was carrying not only its own passengers but also people from another bus that had broken down, as per an Associated Press report.