At least ten people were killed and seven others were injured when two passenger vans hit each other in Pakistan's eastern city of Gujranwala on Friday morning, reported local Urdu TV channel Samaa.
The report said that the accident took place at about 9:30 a.m. (local time) when two passenger vans carrying an estimated 50 passengers collided with each other in Aimenabad area of Gujranwala, a city located in the country's eastern province of Punjab.
The injured were shifted to the nearby hospital where two of them are in critical condition.
Reason of the accident has not yet been determined but police believes that over speeding might be the main reason behind the incident.
Pakistan is among the countries having worst record of fatal traffic accidents, mainly due to poor roads, lack of driving skills, badly maintained vehicles and violation of road safety rules.
Traffic police officials said that 90 percent of the accidents in the country take place due to human error.
Friday 21 December 2012
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