(19 Jul 2021) A speeding bus carrying mostly laborers traveling home for a major Muslim holiday rammed into a container truck on a busy highway in central Pakistan on Monday, killing at least 33 people and injuring 40, police and rescue officials said.
The bus had left the city of Sialkot and was traveling on Taunsa Road; its destination was the city of Dera Ghazi Khan in eastern Punjab province, a senior police officer said.
The exact cause of the accident is still under investigation, the officer added.
Rescuers transported the dead and injured to a nearby hospital, according to the head of the rescue team at the site.
One injured passenger who was taken to hospital, Haider Ali, suggested the bus company had let the bus be dangerously overcrowded.
Deadly accidents are common in Pakistan due to poor road infrastructure and disregard for traffic laws.
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