11 killed as van crashes into pillar

At least eleven people were killed and seven others sustained injuries in an accident in Bhera police limits when the van crashed into a pillar, police said Thursday.

According to police sources, the passenger van was moving from Lahore to Islamabad on Motorway when the rashly driven van catches fire due to short circuit and collided with a pillar of Sappanwalal Bridge; as a result, 11 people killed.

Rescue teams shifted the injured to THQ hospital Bhera. The condition of three injured was said to be critical. Chief Minister Usman Buzdar expressed grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives in van fire tragedy in Sargodha.