ISLAMABAD: At least 13 people were killed and 15 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned on M-2 Motorway near Kallar Kahar, some 133km away from Islamabad on Saturday.
According to rescuers and police, the Jhang-bound Shalimar Express bus, coming from Rawalpindi, overturned due to break failure on M-2 motorway near Kallar Kahar.
Rescue sources said that at least 10 people including women and children were killed while 13 others sustained injuries.
Upon receiving the information, the police and rescue teams arrived on the spot and immediately launched rescue operation. The deceased and injured were shifted to the district headquarters hospital.
According to hospital sources, the death toll could rise as condition of some of the injured persons is critical.
Earlier in Feb 2023, at least 14 members of a wedding party, including women and children, were killed and 64 people were injured after a bus fell into a ravine and overturned near Kallar Kahar.
Rescue and police officials said that 12 passengers passed away at the spot while two others expired at the hospital. The driver of the bus was also killed in the fatal accident.
Reportedly all the victims were travelling back to Lahore from Islamabad after attending a marriage ceremony. The reason behind the tragic incident is said to be tyre burst while overtaking on motorway.
