M9 Motorway crash: Death toll reaches 15 as another victim dies

(Karachi) Another victim of road crash incident on M9 Motorway succumbed to injuries taking the death toll to 15, media reported on Sunday.

As per details, a passenger van, carrying 22 passengers, was on ts way to Karachi from Hyderabad on Saturday when it overturned near a cement factory and caught fire. The police said that the incident occurred when hood of a car travelling before the van broke and hit the windscreen of the ill-fated vehicle.

Rescue officials said the DNA samples of the bodies have been collected to identify the victims as the bodies have burnt completely.

The bodies have been shifted to Edhi morgue from Abbasi Shaheed hospital and will be handed over to the heirs after identification.