Highway crash: Four dead as speeding coach overturns

Quetta-bound passenger coach coming from Mansehra overturned due to speeding.

Quetta-bound passenger coach coming from Mansehra overturned due to speeding. PHOTO: FILE

QUETTA:


At least four people were killed and 25 others injured on Sunday when a speeding coach overturned on the National Highway near Killa Saifullah.



According to local officials, a Quetta-bound passenger coach coming from Mansehra overturned due to speeding. The injured were rushed to Sandeman Civil Hospital Quetta and Bolan Medical Complex, where the bus-cleaner and three passengers namely Muhammad Imran, GhulamWali and Asrarullah succumbed to their injuries.

Meanwhile, two persons were injured on RCD Highway near Kalat district in a road accident when a coach enroute to Quetta from Karachi overturned due to overspeeding.

Published in The Express Tribune, October 14th, 2013.

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