Speeding bus: Accident kills two and injures 15

NAWABSHAH: Two people were killed and 15 were injured in an accident between a passenger coach and loaded truck on the National Highway. The driver and cleaner of the coach were killed on the spot. The Warraich Service passenger coach was heading to Karachi when it collided with a truck parked near Qazi Ahmed town. The accident claimed lives of the coach driver, Malik Siraj, and cleaner, Muhammad Saleem. The bodies were taken to the taluka hospital, Qazi Ahmed, by the police. Later the bodies were handed over to the relatives of the deceased. The passengers said that the driver of the coach was driving very fast and lost control of the bus hence the accident occurred.

Published in The Express Tribune, August 27^th,  2011.