ISLAMABAD, Sept. 12 (Xinhua) -- At least 12 people were killed and 17 others injured in two separate road accidents in Pakistan's east Punjab and south Sindh provinces on Monday, local Urdu media reported.
Samaa News said that five people were killed and 10 others injured when a passenger van crashed into a truck in Hassan Abdal city of Punjab.
Police said that the accident happened due to over speeding of the bus driver who also got killed in the crash.
The bus was carrying passengers from Haripur to Rawalpindi city of the province when it met the accident.
In a separate accident in Tando Allah Yar district of Sindh province, seven people were killed and seven others injured when a passenger van hit into a pick-up carrying fishermen to work.
The passenger vans in both accidents were taking people home for celebrating the Muslim festival of Eid to be held in the country on Tuesday.
All the injured were shifted to nearby hospitals for medical treatment.
Road accidents frequently happen in Pakistan due to poorly maintained roads, violation of road safety rules and reckless driving.
According to data compiled by the Pakistan Bureau of Statistics, over 9,000 road accidents are reported to police every year, killing on average around 5,000 people annually in the country. Traffic police officials say that 90 percent of the accidents in Pakistan are caused merely by human errors.
