12 killed in Pakistan road crash

By IANS
Sunday, January 23, 2011

ISLAMABAD - At least 12 people were killed and 40 injured when a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker on a highway in Pakistan’s Sindh province Saturday night, Geo News reported.

The accident took place near Nooriabad when the speeding bus - moving from Karachi towards Sukkur - spun out of control and collided with the stationary oil tanker. Both the vehicles immediately caught fire, sources said.

Several injured passengers were taken to a hospital in nearby Jamshoro.

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