QUETTA: A collision between two passenger buses and a petrol tanker killed 35 people in southwest Pakistan yesterday, officials said, with many of the victims burning to death.
A bus travelling to Karachi collided with the tanker in the early hours of the morning in Gadani district on the coast of Baluchistan province, senior administration official Akber Haripal said.
“The bus and the tanker had a head-on collision and the oil tanker turned over, but the situation got worse when a second passenger bus coming from behind rammed into the first bus as it skidded on the oil spilled on the road,” he said.
The first bus then caught fire, he said, adding that 35 people were killed, most burning to death while trapped inside the bus, and 30 were injured.
Amir Sultan, another senior administration official confirmed the incident and toll and said the dead bodies were “beyond recognition”.
Pakistan has one of the world's worst records for fatal traffic accidents. AFP
