Islamabad, November 6, 2026 (Yes Punjab News)
At least 11 people were killed and 33 others injured after a passenger bus collided with a truck on Depalpur Road near Pakpattan in Pakistan’s Punjab province, officials said on Friday.
According to Rescue 1122, eight of the injured suffered minor injuries, while 25 were shifted to a hospital in Pakpattan for treatment.
The accident occurred when the bus, travelling from Multan to Kasur, collided with a truck approaching from the opposite direction, the district administration said.
A rescue operation lasting around three hours was launched to pull people trapped in the wreckage. Teams used cranes and other heavy machinery to remove the damaged vehicles and reach the victims.
The crash comes amid a high number of road accidents in Pakistan’s Punjab province. Rescue authorities reported that 464 people were killed and 23,543 seriously injured in 44,797 road accidents across the province during October. Nearly three-fourths of the reported crashes involved motorcycles.
The figures were presented during a monthly review of Rescue 1122’s emergency operations. The department said its teams responded to 231,056 emergencies and rescued 233,210 people during the month.
The emergencies included road accidents, fires, medical cases, drowning incidents and other rescue operations. Punjab recorded 1,726 fire emergencies and 94 drowning incidents in October.
Lahore reported the highest number of road crashes, with 7,874 incidents involving motorcycles. Multan recorded 2,838 accidents involving 3,312 motorcycles, while Faisalabad reported 2,615 crashes involving 2,896 motorcycles. Gujranwala recorded 2,092 accidents, followed by Sheikhupura with 1,714.
Rescue 1122 also attended to thousands of other emergencies, including fire and rescue incidents, diabetic cases, psychosocial emergencies, back and joint pain complaints, crime-related cases and allergies.
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