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PAKISTAN-ACCIDENT
Road accident leaves 8 killed in SW Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, July 29, 2018 (BSS/XINHUA) – At least eight people were killed
and 10 others injured in a road accident in Pakistan’s southwest Balochistan
province on Sunday evening, local reports said.
The accident happened in Khuzdar district when a van turned turtle owing
to over speeding, Samaa News said.
The ill-fated van was reaching Khuzdar from Sialkot district of the
country’s east Punjab province when it met the accident.
The injured people were shifted to a nearby hospital where several of them
are said to be in critical condition.
Road accidents frequently happen in Pakistan, mainly due to poorly
maintained vehicles, dilapidated roads and negligence of road safety
measures.
Traffic police officials say that most of the accidents happen in the
country mainly due to human error.
According to latest figures available with Pakistan Bureau of Statistics,
road accidents killed an average 15 people every day across the country over
one decade (2005-15).
BSS/XINHUA/GMR/0928 hrs