ISLAMABAD, Oct. 23 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and over 20 others injured after a passenger coach collided head-on with a minibus in Pakistan's southwestern Balochistan province on Friday, police said.
The accident took place near the Quetta-Karachi Highway when a coach traveling from the country's southwest Gwadar district to southern Karachi collided with a minibus, according to local police officials.
Seven people died at the scene, while five others later succumbed to their injuries at a hospital, the officials said, adding that authorities have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the collision.
Abdul Hakeem Lasi, in charge of the Edhi rescue service in the area, told local media that rescue workers transported around 22 injured passengers to a local hospital, where seven among the injured were in critical condition. ■