Oil tanker, passenger bus crash kills 20 in central Pakistan

This handout photo shows the charred passenger bus and oil tanker following the collision on the Multan-Sukkur Motorway in central Pakistan on August 16, 2022. (Twitter/Commissioner Multan)
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Updated 16 August 2022
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Oil tanker, passenger bus crash kills 20 in central Pakistan

  • The incident took place on a motorway near the central city of Multan
  • It was not immediately clear what caused the crash late Monday night

ISLAMABAD: A fiery crash between an oil tanker and a passenger bus killed at least 20 people in Pakistan, a police spokesperson and media said on Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash late Monday night or early Tuesday on a motorway near the central city of Multan.

The bus and tanker caught fire after the collision, a police spokesperson said in a statement, without providing details on the number of fatalities.

Geo and Dunya TV reported at least 20 people were killed.

Six passengers survived, an official of a state-run rescue service told Dunya TV on the spot.

“The fire was raging when we got here,” he said.