10 killed, 44 injured as bus overturns in Pakistan’s Punjab province

October 21, 2026

Islamabad: Ten people were killed and 44 others injured in a horrific road accident in Pakistan’s Punjab province. The accident occurred on the Indus Highway in the Rozan tehsil of Rajanpur district, where a bus overturned after hitting a road divider. Local media reported this on Wednesday, quoting rescue officials.

Accident caused by high speed

According to a report in the Pakistani newspaper Dawn, the accident occurred at around 5:45 a.m. local time in the Bangla Hidayat area. The bus was reportedly speeding when it hit a road divider and overturned.

According to Rescue 1122, the deceased include seven men, two women, and a girl. A rescue and relief operation was launched at the scene following the accident.

Injured people continue to be treated in hospitals

Those injured in the accident have been admitted to various hospitals. More than 38 were being treated at the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Rajanpur.

Four seriously injured people were transferred to Dera Ghazi Khan and two others to Sheikh Zayed Hospital in Rahim Yar Khan.

Local rescue officials said that rescue teams immediately arrived at the scene upon receiving information about the accident. Ten ambulances and two rescue vehicles were dispatched for the rescue operation. A total of 35 rescue workers participated in the operation.

Similar accidents have occurred in Pakistan before

Pakistan has witnessed several incidents of bus overturns. In August, a bus carrying people attending a wedding overturned on the Kohlu-Dera Ghazi Khan highway in Balochistan province. Two people were killed and 42 others were injured.

According to police, the bus was traveling from Rakhni to Kohlu. According to Dawn, the bus was overloaded, leading to the accident. Following the accident, police and rescue workers rushed the injured to a hospital in Kohlu, where a woman and a child died.

On May 10, a passenger van fell into a ditch in the Charbagh tehsil of Swat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province. At least five people were killed and 10 others injured in the accident.

According to the Pakistani newspaper The News International, five people died on the spot. The victims were reportedly members of the same family and were traveling from Addu to Ganazir to attend a wedding. According to initial information, the vehicle’s brakes failed and the accident occurred.