At least 13 people were killed and several others injured when a passenger van overturned and caught fire on the Karachi-Hyderabad Motorway (M-9) in the jurisdiction of Nooriabad police station on Saturday night. Out of the seven survivors, five were shifted to hospital, Additional IG Motorway Police Dr Aftab Pathan said. He said six of the bodies had been retrieved, while the survivors included the van driver and a child. According to DSP Deeshak, the van overturned and caught fire after taking a number of turns and bouncing off the road. The flow of vehicular traffic was suspended after the Motorway Police closed the Hyderabad-Karachi section of M-9.

Source: Pakistan Today September 26, 2020 17:26 UTC