Fatal road crash claims 15 lives, injures 22
Relatives of victims weep after a road accident near Thana Bula Khan in Jamshoro on Tuesday, April 22, 2025. At least 13 people were killed and 20 others injured in a road accident in Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Monday night, local authorities confirmed on Tuesday. The incident occurred in the Jamshoro district, where a passenger van carrying more than 30 people veered off the road and plunged into a ravine, according to local police sources. (Sajjad Zaidi/PPI Images)
Fifteen people including six children, five women and four men lost their lives while 22 sustained injuries in a tragic road accident when a Mazda mini-truck overturned on a slope apparently due to brake failure on Taung Dareji road in Thana Bula Khan, Jamshoro district.
The tragedy unfolded in the wee hours of Tuesday when the labourers belonging to the Kolhi community were returning from Balochistan to their villages in Badin after completing the wheat harvest.
The police and rescue officials informed that 11 of the victims had died on the spot while three succumbed to their injuries at Liaquat University Hospital, Hyderabad.
The victims included Kaani wife of Aasan Kolhi and her four children, Vijay, Dhalu, Prakash, and Aarshi, Jugni Bheemo, Vaani Bhanu, Marva Rajesh, Dhani Haresh, Devi Balchand, and her daughter Monika, Bachu Mal, Raja Harijo, and Sooraj Mal.
The deceased hailed from Digri city, Mir Murad Talpur village, and Bashir Ahmed village in Raju Khanani area of Badin. The injured included Aasan Kolhi who lost his wife and four children and Balchand who also lost his wife and a child were admitted to the LUH.
Three of the patients are said to be in critical condition.
Dr Lalchand Ukrani, Special Assistant to the Sindh Chief Minister on Minority Affairs, announced Rs200,000 compensation for the dead and Rs50,000 for the injured.
Talking to the media in Karachi he claimed that the provincial government is trying to provide optimal treatment to the injured to ensure their early recovery.