Eight people injured in coach accident

KARACHI: Over half dozen people, including women and children, were injured when a truck collided with two passenger coaches on the Hub River Road within the limits of Mochko police station on Monday evening.

Police officials said that the accident took place when a speedy truck arriving from Quetta collided with the two passenger coaches. The coaches were travelling from the Baldia Bus Terminal to Quetta.

Following the accident, ambulances shifted the injured passengers to the Murshid Hospital located near Hub River Road for medical treatment.

Police officials said that the actual cause of the accident has yet to be ascertained while further investigation were underway.