At least 14 dead, 25 hurt as coach hits van in Mastung

QUETTA: At least 14 people were killed and 25 others wounded when a passenger coach collided head-on with a van in Dasht area of Mastung district on Saturday.

Police and rescue sources that the passenger coach bound for Quetta from Sibbi collided head-on with a van coming from opposite direction in Dasht area, killing 14 and wounding 25.

They added that the bodies and the injured had been shifted to the Civil Hospital Quetta, where condition of some of the wounded are said to be critical.

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi expressed deep grief over the loss of innocent lives in the unfortunate road accident.