Pakistan truck accident kills 13, injures 30

Pakistan truck accident kills 13, injures 30

The truck carrying pilgrims to a shrine was speeding and fell into a deep roadside ditch.

The incident occurred in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province. (Wikimedia Commons pic)
KARACHI:
At least 13 religious pilgrims died and 30 were injured when the truck they were riding in overturned on Wednesday in southwestern Pakistan, police said.

Carrying the pilgrims to a shrine, the truck was speeding and fell into a deep roadside ditch in Hub City in Pakistan’s southwestern Balochistan province, police said.

Casualties were expected to rise, police said.

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