11 killed as bus overturns on Makran Coastal Highway – Pakistan

11 killed as bus overturns on Makran Coastal Highway

At least 11 people were killed and 10 others were seriously injured when a passenger coach overturned on the Makran coastal highway in Baluchistan on Saturday, hospital officials said.

The coach was traveling from Pasni to Karachi when he overturned after his brakes failed near Buzi Top on the coastal road.

It is said that nine of the passengers died on the spot, while two others succumbed to their injuries during the treatment.

Pakistan Coast Guard personnel immediately arrived at the scene of the accident to rescue the surviving passengers. The dead and the injured were taken to the PNS Darman Jah hospital in Ormara. Pakistan Navy doctors are treating the wounded.

Among the dead there are three women and two children.

The incident occurs less than two weeks after 26 people died and at least another 20 were injured when a bus to Rawalpindi from Skardu hit a small hill near Babusar Pass in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Ten soldiers on board the bus also lost their lives as did three children and eight women.

Source: https://www.dawn.com/news/1509151/11-killed-as-bus-overturns-on-makran-coastal-highway

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