18 Killed, Several Injured in Bus-Pick Up Collision

At least 18 people including women and children, were killed while several others sustained injuries in a collision between a passenger bus and a pickup carrying diesel barrels on a motorway in Punjab province of Pakistan early Sunday morning.

According to details, rescue officials informed that the drivers of both vehicles were also killed in the crash.

The bus, carrying about 40 passengers, was going to Islamabad from Karachi when the accident occurred, according to Associated Press of Pakistan (APP).

The injured have been admitted to Hospital.

A National Highways and Motorways Police (NHMP) spokesman said that at least 15 passengers were safely pulled out of the wreckage.

Further investigation was underway.

Source: Qatar News Agency