Overview
- Rescue officials said 23 passengers, mostly an extended family traveling from Islamabad to Faisalabad for a funeral, were on board.
- Seven victims died at the scene and seven at hospitals, while nine injured survivors were moved to THQ Kot Momin and DHQ Sargodha, with some in critical condition.
- Rescue 1122 said motorway closures forced a detour onto local roads before the vehicle fell from the Ghalapur bridge into a dry canal.
- Police opened an investigation citing low visibility and possible overspeeding, as President Asif Ali Zardari and Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif offered condolences.
- The tragedy came as dense fog triggered other crashes, including a passenger coach overturning on the Makran Coastal Highway near Ormara that killed about nine to ten people, prompting continued travel warnings and intermittent motorway closures.