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Fiery crash kills 37 Pakistanis heading for holiday
30 Sep 2008 04:59:46 GMT
 Source: Reuters
MULTAN, Pakistan, Sept 30 (Reuters) - Thirty-seven people were killed in Pakistan, most of them burnt to death, when their bus taking them home for a Muslim holiday collided with a milk tanker, a senior government official said on Tuesday.

The accident occurred on Monday night in Muzaffargarh district, about 440 km (275 miles) southwest of the capital, Islamabad. Among the dead were nine children and three women.

"Most of the deaths occurred as many passengers were sleeping and the bus caught fire," Tariq Javed, a senior district government official, told Reuters by telephone.

The bus was taking 57 passengers from the southern city of Karachi to the northwestern town of Mansehra for the Muslim festival of Eid-al-Fitr, which is due to begin on Wednesday. (Reporting by Asim Tanveer; Writing by Kamran Haider; Editing by David Fogarty)


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