Eight passengers died and 28 got injured when a Karachi-bound passenger coach collided with a vehicle on Indus Highway near Shaheed Makhdoom Bilwal town located 15 kilometres (km) away from Dadu early on Wednesday morning. Dadu SSP Pervaiz Ahmed Umrani and local residents took part in rescue operation and shifted dead bodies and passengers to civil hospital Dadu. According to the SSP Pervaiz, a speedy Passenger coach was on its way to Karachi from Larkana when it hit another speedy vehicle. The collision caused death of eight passengers on the spot and injured 28 others, according to the official. . He said that the driver of the troller was arrested but the coach driver managed to flee the scene. Names of deceased were known as 45 years old, Shabbir Ahmed son of Sahib Khan Shabrani resident Warah, 42 years old Mohammad Aslam, 40 years old Arshad son of Ahmed Nawaz Khoso resident of village Kando Wari of Qambar Shahdad Kot, 36 years old, Noor Mohammad son of Abdul Rashid Bangali resident of Gul Burg Karachi, 43 years old, Wazir Ali son of Ali Ghohar Shailh resident of Warah, 29 years old Ghulam Shabbir son of Ahmed Khan Shabrani resident of village Jakhar of Warah, Tariq Ali Lund son of Ali Bux Moro. Name of one 40 years old woman could not be ascertained. Dead body of woman is lying at civil hospital Dadu for identification. Ishfaq Solangi son of Gulzar Solangi, Junaid son of Satabo Bhutto, Faisal son of Haji Shahan Shah, Asif son of Ashiq Khoso, Shaista wife of Asadullah Kumbhar, Mohammad Bux son Manzoor Ali, Asadullah son of Ghulam Hyder, Ghulam Murtza son of Suhbat Khan Gopang, Shahbaz son of Mohammad Aslam, Liaquat Ali son Ghazi Khan, Ali Mohammad son of Ali Akbar, Ghulam Rasool son of Ghulam Qadir, Mohammad Yaseen son Ghulam Rasool Solangi, Ashfaq son Gulzar Solangi, Abdul Karim son of Ali Murad, Illahi Bux son Gulsheer Chandio, Shahzeb son of Mohammad Aslam, two six years aged and five years aged sons of Adab Khan were injured. According to civil surgeon of the Dadu civil hospital Dr Abdul Razak Junejo, 14 people were discharged after they were treated while 14 critically injured passengers were referred to-Liaquat University of Medical and Health Sciences (LUMHS) Jamshoro, Larkana and Hyderabad hospitals. He said that most passengers had sustained injuries on their head, legs and arms. He said that seven dead bodies out of eight were sent to their hometowns after identification and an unidentified dead body of 45 years old woman was left at Dadu Civil Hospital. According to eye witnesses, the rescue operation commenced with the delay of at least an hour. They said that most of the critically injured passengers had passed away during the delay. Eye witnesses also shared that ambulances of the Health Department reached the spot almost two hours late because of non-availability of petrol. They said that relatives of deceased shifted the dead bodies of their loved ones on their own expense and the relatives of the injured bore the expense of shifting them. Published in Daily Times, November 9th 2018.