KHUZDAR: At least 12 passengers were killed and around two dozen injured when a minibus and a passenger coach collided head-on near Zero Point in Uthal on the Quetta-Karachi Highway in Balochistan on Friday, police said.

Police said the coach was travelling from Gwadar to Karachi, while the minibus was heading from Bela to Karachi.

“The tragic incident took place near Bela when the passenger coach hit the minibus,” the officials said, adding that seven passengers were killed on the spot, while five others succumbed to their injuries in hospital.

Around 22 injured passengers were shifted to hospital before being taken to Karachi for treatment, in-charge of the Edhi Centre in Bela Abdul Hakeem Lasi said, adding that seven passengers were in serious condition.

Most of the casualties occurred in the minibus, he added.

The accident occurred two days after 10 people were killed and 44 others injured when a passenger bus overturned after hitting a road divider in Rajanpur district’s Rojhan tehsil on the Indus Highway on Wednesday.

Published in Dawn, October 24th, 2026