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Dozens die in Pakistan bus crash inferno

At least 57 people killed in a crash between a passesnger bus and a petrol tanker

People and rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: EPA
People and rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: EPA
Sun Jan 11 2015 - 10:02

A crash between a passenger bus and a petrol tanker in southern Pakistan has killed at least 57 people.

Dr Seemi Jamali, who heads the emergency section at Jinnah Post Graduate Medical Centre in Karachi, said they had received 57 bodies.

She said the bodies were so charred that they would have to do DNA tests to identify the victims.

Pakistani rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: EPA
Pakistani rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi, Pakistan. Photograph: EPA
The wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi. Photograph: EPA
The wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi. Photograph: EPA

The minister of transportation for Sindh Province, Mir Mumtaz Hussain Jakhrani, says the crash happened when the passenger bus hit the petrol tanker about 50 km outside of Karachi.

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Such horrific traffic accidents are not uncommon in Pakistan due to reckless, untrained drivers and poor roads.

Agencies