A passenger coach plunged into a ravine near Lasbela, leaving at least 41 dead, Dawn has reported.
While confirming the event, Lasbela Assistant Commissioner Hamza Anjum told Dawn.com that the vehicle was going from Quetta to Karachi and had close to 48 passengers in it.
“Due to speeding, the coach crashed into the pillar of a bridge while taking a U-turn near Lasbela. The vehicle subsequently careened into a ravine and then caught fire,” he said.
He continued by saying that three people, including a mother and her child, had been saved and sent to the Civil Hospital in Lasbela. On the other hand, one of the injured people passed away from his wounds while en route to the hospital.
The officer added that the bodies had been sent to Karachi’s Edhi mortuary.
DNA testing will be used to identify the victims as the recovered remains were unidentifiable.
