Overview
- Police said a passenger coach traveling against traffic hit an oil tanker near Kathore’s Ansari Bridge, triggering a pile‑up that hurled some victims off the bridge and overturned the tanker.
- Rescue officials confirmed 14 fatalities, including women and children, after a critically injured three‑year‑old died in hospital; several others remain under treatment.
- Relatives said many of the deceased were members of one family returning to Kotri from a wedding in Shah Latif Town, while the tanker driver, identified as Rafiullah, also died.
- Rescue 1122, Edhi and Chhipa teams, along with motorway and local police, moved casualties to Abbasi Shaheed Hospital and the Edhi Sohrab Goth mortuary, managed a fuel leak and cleared traffic with cranes.
- Sindh authorities and federal officials initiated investigations, with the communications minister directing rigorous vehicle and tyre inspections and the Motorway Police citing wrong‑way driving as a key factor.