41 Injured And 17 Dead In Truck Accident In Pakistan

AS they made their way to a shrine, at least 17 religious pilgrims lost their lives in an accident in southwest Pakistan, while 41 others were injured.

According to district deputy commissioner Munir Ahmed, the event happened on Wednesday, April 10, in the Hub district of the province of Balochistan.

The truck lost control at a corner and crashed into a ravine close to the shrine. It was traveling at a high speed.

Shaukat Jalbani, the deputy medical superintendent of Hub's main hospital, stated that the majority of the injured were flown to Karachi metropolis for medical attention.

Poor safety protocols, insufficient training for drivers, and decaying transportation infrastructure are major contributing factors to the high death toll of accidents on Pakistan's roadways.

Similarly, a bus full of believers headed to an Easter conference tragically skidded off a cliff on March 28 in the province of Limpopo, South Africa.

Forty-five people lost their lives in the crash, and one person was seriously hurt.

One of the victims was a group of pilgrims going to an Easter celebration from Gaborone, Botswana.

The bus caught fire as it crashed into the Mamatlakala mountain pass, but amazingly, the eight-year-old child survived and was taken to the hospital by air.

Authorities are looking into what caused the disaster, and preliminary investigations indicate that it was driver mistake that caused the bus to lose control and catch fire when it landed.

Some of the victims were severely burned, while others were trapped in the wreckage; efforts are still on to remove their bodies.

In addition to expressing sympathy to the bereaved families, South African Transport Minister Sindisiwe Chikunga confirmed arrangements to return the bodies to Botswana.

Chikunga called for increased awareness and cautious driving, especially over the Easter holiday, in order to stop more deaths on the roads.