Eleven people died and eight were hurt when a bus and a trailer crashed on a highway near Tando Masti, in Sindh’s Khairpur district, on Sunday, according to motorway police. The bus was headed from Bahawalpur to Karachi.
Police first blamed “negligence and recklessness on the bus driver’s part”. A follow-up report said the bus, travelling from eastern Punjab, was hit from behind by the trailer at 01:20 a.m. on Saturday night.
Three of the injured were moved to Civil Hospital Khairpur and the other six to GIMS Hospital in Gambat, according to Senior Superintendent of Police Dr. Samiullah Soomro. “Trailer taken into police custody,” the report added. “Further investigation and updates are in progress.”
The inspector general of the National Highways and Motorway Police took note and asked for a report, and an emergency control room was opened. President Asif Ali Zardari offered his condolences and told the Sindh government to give the injured “the best facilities”. Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah and Governor Kamran Khan Tessori also condoled with the families, and the chief minister ordered traffic laws enforced strictly.
The province has seen a run of deadly crashes. Days earlier, an oil tanker and a passenger bus collided on the M9 Motorway near Karachi, leaving 13 people dead. In September 2025, seven members of one family, including three women and two children, died after a truck struck their car near Moro.
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- 11 killed, 8 injured in bus-trailer collision on National Highway in Khairpur: motorway police – Pakistan – DAWN.COM
- At least 11 killed, 9 injured as trailer collides with passenger bus in southern Pakistan
