HAFIZABAD: At least 20 people died and 14 others were injured on Sunday when a passenger bus caught fire after crashing into a pickup truck near Pindi Bhattian.
The accident occurred near Hafizabad tehsil reportedly due to the driver of the passenger bus “falling asleep” on the steering and losing control of the vehicle, rescue officials told Express News.
Meanwhile, Hafizabad DSP Ehsan Zafar said that the passenger bus crashed into a vehicle carrying diesel. The former exploded on impact and was reduced to ashes, he said, adding that the accident occurred at around 4.30 am and flames were extinguished after an hour-long effort.
A passenger who survived the fatal crash said that the bus driver had changed in Rahim Yar Khan while petrol started leaking from the vehicle near the Toll Plaza on Pindi Bhattian M3.
