THATTA: At least five persons were killed in two fog-related traffic mishaps at the National Highway near Gharo and at Darya Khan, ARY News reported on Sunday.
Three persons died in an accident near Gharo at the National Highway when six vehicles were jumbled up owing to poor visibility caused by foggy weather conditions early morning.
“Three persons were killed and 14 others injured in the incident,” rescue sources said. “Dead bodies and injured being shifted to Civil Hospital Thatta,” according to rescue officials said.
In another fog-related incident a passenger bus rammed into a trailer parked on the roadside at M.M. Road near Darya Khan in Punjab. “Two persons were killed and six others injured in the mishap,” rescuers said.
The injured and bodies were transferred to nearby hospital.
The ill-fated bus was traveling from Uch Sharif to Rawalpindi when it met accident owing to poor visibility caused by foggy conditions.