A trawler and a vehicle crashed on the M-6 Motorway near Moro in Sindh’s Naushahro Feroze District on Monday morning, resulting in at least eight fatalities and thirteen injuries, according to officials.
The primary causes of fatal traffic accidents on Pakistani roadways include reckless overtaking, excessive speeding, and disobedience to traffic laws.
A college professor and his wife were slain last month when a fast-moving dumper ran them over on Sindh’s M-9 motorway, formerly known as the Superhighway.
Deputy Commissioner (DC) Arsalan Saleem of Naushahro Feroze confirmed the number of those killed in today’s disaster, stating that eight people have now died as a result of their injuries.
DC Saleem claims that the accident occurred while the vehicle was traveling back from a wedding in Hyderabad.
According to Sanghaar Malik, the senior superintendent of police (SSP) for Naushahro Feroze, the driver of the trawler was able to escape the scene of the event. It was still unclear what would happen to the van driver.
According to SSP Malik, the deceased and injured had been taken to a hospital, and an inquiry into the incident was in progress.
Ten injured people were transferred to a hospital in Nawabshah due to their critical condition, according to DC Saleem.
Murad Ali Shah, the chief minister of Sindh, also conveyed his sorrow over the deaths.
In addition to praying for the dead, he ordered the best medical care to be given to the injured. The chief minister suggested that drivers exercise prudence when operating their automobiles.
The National Highway Authority (NHA) should build additional lights and reflecting lights on the National Highway, Industrial Highway, and Superhighway, which he also asked the federal government to do.
An incomplete part of the Indus Highway between Jamshoro and Sehwan has seen 97 traffic incidents over the past four years, resulting in up to 115 fatalities and 317 injuries, according to a report from April that cited officials.
An accident caused by heavy fog on the road leading from Syedwala Interchange on the M-3 to Tandlianwala in Faisalabad on Saturday claimed the lives of seven members of a Lahore family and injured two more.
In Sahiwal, ten people were hurt, including five women from a family attending a mehndi function, when their bus overturned while they were attempting to avoid a tractor-trolley.
A Khanpur couple was slain and their three children were seriously injured in a car accident on the Multan-Sukkur Motorway near Jalalpur Peerwala in the Lodhran district more than two weeks ago.
A car accident near Nabipur village on the Uch Sharif car in Bahawalpur earlier this month claimed the lives of two persons, including former MNA Makhdum Ali Hassan Gilani, a close relative of Senate Chairman Yousaf Raza Gilani.
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