Five killed, 20 injured as bus flips over

At least five people were killed and more than 20 others injured when a speeding passenger coach overturned on the National Highway near Daulatpur Bypass in Nawabshah on Sunday.

Motorway police said the coach was traveling from Multan to Karachi when it overturned due to over speeding. After the incident was reported, the motorway police reached the spot and shifted the injured to Qazi Ahmed and Shahpur Jahanian hospitals for treatment.

Rescue teams shifted the bodies and injured passengers from the accident site, while police said further investigation into the incident was underway.

Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah has expressed his grief and sorrow over the loss of lives in a passenger coach accident in Nawabshah here Sunday.He directed the Commissioner Shaheed Benazirabad to provide immediate relief to the injured persons. Shah directed to provide full cooperation to the bereaved families of the deceased and injured persons.He also expressed his sympathy with the bereaved families.