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).