Scores killed in Pakistan bus crash

At least 56 people, including 18 children, have been killed after a passenger bus collided head-on with a lorry carrying goods in southern Pakistan, officials said.
The accident happened on Tuesday near the city of Khairpur, 450km north of Karachi, the capital of southern Sindh province.
“The Karachi-bound passenger bus, which was coming from northwestern city of Swat went on the wrong side of the road and collided head-on with a goods container, killing 56 people,” senior local police official Nasir Aftab told the AFP news agency.
He said 18 passengers were injured in the accident, adding that those killed in the crash included 17 women and 18 children. Th rest were men.
A senior doctor at the Khairpur civil hospital confirmed the death toll and said the condition of three of the injured was critical.
Pakistan has an appalling record of fatal traffic accidents due to poor roads, badly-maintained vehicles and reckless driving.