Karachi, February 13 At least 13 people died and nine others were injured on Friday after a collision and pile-up on a major bridge on the superhighway outside Karachi in Sindh province, Pakistan.
A speeding passenger bus traveling from the wrong side collided with an oil tanker, while another passenger coach was also unable to avoid crashing into the tanker on the M9 Ansari bridge.
Khalid Samojo, the area police officer, said that 10 bodies were taken to the Abbasi Shaheed hospital in Karachi, as the accident occurred just outside the city.
"The death toll has now risen to 13, while nine people are still in hospital with injuries," he said.
"Initial investigations suggest that the accident was caused by the passenger bus driver who was traveling on the bridge from the roadside and collided with the oil tanker," he said.
The dead and injured also included pedestrians.
Such accidents on highways in Pakistan are common due to a lax system in issuing driving licenses for commercial vehicles, a lack of road safety knowledge, and poor road conditions.
