20 die in bus and oil tanker crash

At least 20 people were killed and 20 others injured on Sunday when a bus collided with an oil truck near here, police said. "Sixteen passengers were killed on the spot, while four others died in hospital," district police officer Rai Tahir told AFP.
The injured, including women and children, were rushed to hospital, he said. The collision occurred in Hamzaywali village in Muzaffargarh district, some 60 km (37 miles) south-west of here as the bus was overtaking another bus and hit the oil tanker head on, Tahir said.