9 killed as bus collides with truck in Pakistan

Nine persons, including five children and three women, were killed and 35 others injured when a bus collided with a truck in Pakistan’s southeastern Sindh province while trying to overtake it, police said on Sunday.

The bus was heading to Shahdad Kot from here when it collided with the truck in Thatta district, police officials said.

The bus was trying to overtake a truck carrying a load of stones when it collided with the vehicle, Senior Superintendent of Police Thatta Fida Hussain Mastoi said.