At least 16 killed in Pakistan traffic collision

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KARACHI, July 16, 2018 (BSS/AFP) – At least 16 people were killed when a
truck crashed into a parked bus in southern Pakistan Monday, in the latest
fatal collision on the country’s notoriously dangerous roads.

The long haul truck slammed into the back of the bus, which was on stopped
on the side of the highway with a flat tyre near the southern city of
Hyderabad.

Several passengers were on the side of the road during the incident as the
driver sought help to change the tyre, while others were waiting inside the
vehicle.

“The women and children still in the bus suffered the brunt of the
collision,” local police officer Zahid Ali Shah told AFP.

Eight people were injured in the collision.

“It seems to be an incident of reckless driving,” Shah said, adding the
truck driver fled the scene of the crash.

Pakistan has one of the world’s worst records for fatal traffic accidents,
many of them blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless
driving.