13 killed in road accident in Pakistan’s eastern province

At least 13 people were killed and over 20 others injured in a road accident in east Pakistan’s Punjab province on early Saturday morning.

According to Pakistan’s ARY News, the incident took place at the superhighway M-5 near the Rukanpur area of the province’s Rahim Yar Khan district.

A passenger van overturned on the superhighway due to a tire burst but another speeding passenger coach and a jeep rammed into it, killing 13 people on the spot.

Rescue teams and patrolling police rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital.

The incident is under  investigation.