At least 16 passengers including women and children were killed while 30 others injured when a bus carrying wedding guests overturned in Jhal Magsi district on Friday night, BOL News reported.

According to police, the ill-fated bus was on its way to Shikarpur from Khuzdar.

The bus overturned when it reached Bareecha area, killing 16 persons.

According to sources, the rescuers had shifted the injured to Civil Hospital Jhal Magsi for treatment.

Punjab Chief Minister Usman Buzdar has expressed grief sorrow over the loss of precious lives in the Jhal Magsi accident.

On January 24, at least three people died and 10 others sustained injuries in a road accident in Hub.

According to rescue sources, the incident occurred due to head-on collision among passenger bus and a truck near Gaddani morr in Hub.

It resulted in the killing of three people.