QUETTA:As many as 15 persons died while 47 others injured in different traffic accidents in Balochistan on Saturday.
Levies sources said, a speeding Karachi-bound passenger coach coming from Pasni overturned near Bazi Top on the Coastal Highway.
Resultantly, 11 passengers including women and children died while 11 othes sustained injuries. On being informed, Pakistan Coast Guards, Levies and rescue teams reached the site and shifted dead bodies and injured to District Headquarter Hospital, Uthal and Navy Hospital, Uhthal.
Seriously injured persons were later shifted to Karachi for treatment. Dead bodies were handed over to heirs after completing necessary medico-legal formalities.
Separately, a speedy Quetta-bound van coming from Khuzdar collided with a Khuzdar-bound van coming from Surab on the National Highway.
As a result, five passengers died while 36 others wounded. According to levies, dead bodies and injured were shifted to District Headquarters Hospital, Khuzdar.
Expressing grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives, Provincial Minister for Home and Tribal Affairs, Mir Ziaullah Langove directed concerned authorities for providing best medical treatment and facilities to the injured.