Rescue workers move a body at a hospital. — Photo by AFP/File

ISLAMABAD: At least 12 people were killed and 25 others injured after a head-on collision between two buses on the Mianwali-Muzzafargarh road near Bhakkar.

The accident occurred when a bus travelling from Rawalpindi to Bhakkar collided with another bus coming from the opposite direction, killing 12 people and injuring 25 others, a private television channel reported.

Most of the dead belonged to Tehsil Darya Khan of Bhakkar and areas adjacent to it.

According to rescue officials, the accident occurred due to over-speeding.

The injured were shifted to a nearby hospital where conditions of some among the injured were stated to be critical.

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