Karachi: At least nine persons, including five children and three women, were killed and 35 others injured when a bus collided with a truck in Pakistan's
southeastern Sindh province while trying to overtake it, police said on Sunday.
The bus was heading to Shahdad Kot from Karachi when it collided with the truck in Thatta district, police officials said.
The bus was trying to overtake a truck carrying a load of stones when it collided with the vehicle, said Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) Thatta Fida Hussain Mastoi. Five children and three women died when a collision took place between a truck and a bus. The identities of those killed have not been confirmed as yet.
The injured were admitted to hospitals, a local newspaper reported. No case has been registered so far.
In a separate accident in Sindh, a speeding pick-up truck hit a motorcycle from behind crushing two riders to death on Saturday on the Tando Bago-Juddo road in Tando Bago town, 40 kms from Badin.
