DG KHAN: As many as 33 people died and several were injured as a passenger bus and trailer collide at Taunsa road near Dera Ghazi Khan.
An over speeding bus heading from Daska to Rajanpur collided with a trailer near the Jhok Yar Shah area on Taunsa road resulting in the deaths of 33 people.
Rescue teams reached the scene and have started shifting the injured to the teaching hospital in Dera Ghazi Khan.
According to the rescue officials, there are near 45 injured passengers and private vehicles are also being used to shift the injured to the hospital.
An emergency has been declared at the trauma centre of the DG Khan hospital.
An injured passenger Shoaib has told The Pakistan Daily that the race cable of the bus was out of order and the driver was operating the race cable by his hand while he has almost no control on the steering wheel as he was overspeeding the bus.
According to the officials, most of the deceased were young persons and labourers who were returning to their hometowns for Eidul Azha.
