Eleven people dead in road crash in Pakistan

Islamabad: At least 11 people were killed and several others seriously injured when a passenger bus collided with a tractor on a road in Pakpattan, Punjab, Pakistan.

Pakistani television channel Samaa TV reported today that the accident occurred when the bus, travelling from Multan to Lahore, collided with a tractor and overturned. Rescue teams rushed to the scene and began extracting passengers trapped inside the bus.

The channel indicated that the injured were taken to a hospital for treatment.