Nine killed in Pakistan bus-truck collision

Islamabad, Aug 21 (IANS) At least nine persons were killed and 35 others injured in a road accident in Sindh province of Pakistan, the police said on Sunday.

The deaths occurred when a bus, headed to Shahdad Kot from Karachi, collided with a truck late on Saturday in Thatta district, Dawn online quoted the police as saying.

The injured persons were transferred to Thatta Civil Hospital. At least 10 of the injured were said to be in a critical condition.