Twelve persons were killed and several others injured in a road accident in Rahim Yar Khan early this morning.

According to police, the accident occurred at the Motorway M5 near Rukanpur where a van overturned due to tyre burst while a bus and a jeep coming from behind collided with it.

Police and rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured to Sheikh Zayed Hospital, Rahim Yar Khan.

Source: Radio Pakistan