7 killed, 18 injured in road accident in south Pakistan

STORY: 7 killed, 18 injured in road accident in south Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 6, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 6, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:58 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: Seven people were killed and 18 others injured in a road accident in Pakistan's south Sindh province, rescue teams said. The accident happened in Kashmore district of the province, where a passenger van collided with a truck at a main highway on Monday, the state-run Rescue 1122 said in a statement. The van's driver could not see the truck coming from the opposite direction due to low visibility caused by fog and hit into it, the statement added. The injured people had been shifted to a nearby hospital, where five of them were in critical condition. Presently, Pakistan is experiencing fluctuations in weather patterns, leading to the emergence of dense fog in various regions during both morning and night hours, which causes certain sections of highways to close temporarily d

6 killed, 6 injured in road accident in south Pakistan

STORY: 6 killed, 6 injured in road accident in south Pakistan DATELINE: June 13, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site STORYLINE: At least six people, including children, were killed on Monday when a truck crushed two auto rickshaws in the Kandhkot region of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, a local official said. Deputy Commissioner of the area, Manawwar Ali Mithani, told the media that a truck fell on two passenger rickshaws at the Saqi Mor area of Kandhkot, a city in the Kashmore district of the province. Police and rescue teams rushed to the site, lifted the truck with heavy machinery and pulled out the bodies and the injured from the crushed vehicles. The official added that three children and a woman of the same family were among the deceased. According to an eyewitness, the truck fell over the rickshaw after the driver lost control of the vehicle at a sharp curve in the road. Police have registered a case against the driver, who ran away f