13 killed, 20 injured in road accident in Pakistan's eastern province

STORY: 13 killed, 20 injured in road accident in Pakistan's eastern province DATELINE: Feb. 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:29 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: ENVIRONMENT SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site of the accident STORYLINE: At least 13 people were killed and over 20 others injured in a road accident in east Pakistan's Punjab province on early Saturday morning, said a police official. District Police Officer Rizwan Umar Gondal told local media that the incident took place at the superhighway M-5 near the Rukanpur area of the province's Rahim Yar Khan district. A passenger van overturned on the superhighway due to a tire burst but another speeding passenger coach and a jeep rammed into it, killing 13 people on the spot, said the official. Rescue teams and patrolling police rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital. Hospital officials feared that the death toll might rise further because several of the injured were in critical condition. Xinhua News Agency corresp