BUREWALA - Wedding songs were turned into elegies when five people among others en route to attend a marriage ceremony on a Coaster bus, died in an accident here Friday morning.
According to police, a Coaster bus carrying a wedding party was on its way to Minchanabad from Dunyapur.
When it reached near Chak 217/EB, it head-on collided with a mini truck. Resultantly, five passengers were died on the spot, while 13 others sustained injuries.
Police and rescue teams rushed to the spot and rescue the injured passengers. The dead were identified as Khursheed Ahmad, Muhammad Iqbal, Muhammad Javed, truck driver Muhammad Ashraf and Ghulam Raza, while the injured include Ismail, Ashfaq, Rafique, Ashraf, Boota, Yaqoob, Fareed and others.