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ISLAMABAD, SANA- Eight people were killed and 23 others injured in a collision between two passenger buses in the Rajanpur district of Pakistan’s east Punjab province on Monday, local reports said.
The incident happened due to low visibility in a dense fog in the area, as a result, the bus drivers could not judge the other vehicle coming from opposite directions, the reports added.
The bus heading towards the southern port city of Karachi from northwest Peshawar city had a head-on collision with the other one running for Rajanpur, on the Indus highway connecting the south, east, and north of the country, said the reports.
The injured people including women and kids were shifted to a nearby hospital where several of them are said to be in critical condition.
Chief Minister of Punjab Pervaiz Elahi expressed sorrow over the incident and directed the hospital administration to provide the best possible medical treatment to the injured people.
Parts of Pakistan’s Punjab and south Sindh provinces are currently under a thick blanket of fog and the traffic is being badly disrupted.
According to a spokesperson of the motorway, sections of the road have been closed to traffic due to dense fog, and the traffic has been diverted to other highways.
The police also advised the public to refrain from unnecessary travel during the night and early morning and directed drivers to drive in low gear and turn on fog lights.
Source: Xinhua
Manar Salameh / Ruaa al-Jazaeri
