SEHWAN: Fifteen people, including women and children, were killed and 10 others injured in a collision between a van and a truck on the Indus Highway near Manjhand town on Wednesday.

According to rescue sources, 15 people were killed and 10 others injured when a van struck a truck on the Indus Highway near Sehwan in district Dadu of Sindh. The van was going to Karachi from Kandiaro town of district Naushehro Feroze.

The bodies and the injured were shifted to Manjhand Hospital where medical aid was provided to the injured persons. Some of the injured died on way to the hospital and in the hospital. The condition of some injured was stated to be serious. Volunteers and police teams rushed to the spot as soon as the incident was reported. They performed rescue operation.