19 die after two buses collide in DG Khan

Author: Daily Times Monitor

DERA GHAZI KHAN: Nineteen people lost their lives on Sunday when two buses collided near Ghazi Ghaat, rescue sources said.

Thirty-five others were injured and are being treated in a hospital, an incharge at the rescue services told News channel. Multiple major road accidents were reported this year, resulting in several casualties. In early August, at least 18 people were killed in Kohat including women and children in a collision between a passenger bus and a tanker.

In July, 11 passengers were killed and several others sustained injuries in a three-vehicle crash near Nawabshah.

Published in Daily Times, October 22nd 2018.

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