Ten killed in Pakistan road accident

At least 16 others were injured when a goods truck collided with a passenger bus in central Pakistan.

At least ten people were on Thursday killed and 16 others injured when a goods truck collided with a passenger bus in central Pakistan, police said.

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The crash took place near the rural town of Katch Khu, some 65 kilometres east of Multan city.

The truck suddenly came on the highway from a side road and smashed into the moving bus, police official Tanvir Ahmed said.

Three of the injured were in a serious condition, he said.

Pakistan has the world's third highest death rate from road accidents, the government says.