A devastating road accident in district Lasbela, Balochistan, on Tuesday left 18 passengers injured. Luckily, no fatalities have been reported from the incident. The injured were moved to the Bela civil hospital for treatment.
According to the details, the accident occurred when a pass travelling from Khuzdar to Karachi fell near Bela when one of its tires burst. 18 passengers, including women and children, were injured in the incident, but no fatalities were reported. The injured were then move to Bela civil hospital for first aid.
Tuesday’s accident comes a few days after a deadly accident in Gwadar where two fast-travelling vehicles, a car and a mini van, collided. Four people were killed in the accident and 11 were critically injured.
Road accidents in have become an almost everyday occurrence on the rightly called “killer highways” of Balochistan. Thousands have lost their lives on these roads, and countless others have been left with lifelong crippling injuries.
Various causes have been enumerated for the destructive road accidents in Balochistan, but the decrepit roads always remain on the top of the list. Many of the major highways in Balochistan are badly broken and so narrow that two large vehicles can barely move side by side. Furthermore, the reckless behavior of untrained drivers is also a major factor behind these accidents.