29 dead after bus overturns in Balochistan’s Washuk

WASHUK: Twenty-nine people, including women and children, were killed after a passenger bus overturned and plunged into a ditch in Balochistan’s Washuk district on Wednesday morning.

According to rescue and Levies officials, 22 people sustained injuries in the accident and have been moved to the Civil Hospital in Basima.

The accident took place after a tyre of the passenger bus burst, said the rescue officials. The bus was travelling from Gwadar to Quetta.

Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his condolences over the incident, praying for the departed souls.

The premier also directed the authorities concerned to provide assistance to the injured. Balochistan Chief Minister Sarfraz Bugti offered his condolences over the loss of lives in the accident and prayed for those who were injured