Traffic accidents have been the most disturbing news in the past weeks. There was this unfortunate accident in which a young woman ran over a father and daughter after hitting their motorcycle with her SUV killing both of them on the spot and then there was that horrific accident involving a coach full of Pakistanis in Iran who were on a religious journey, through Iran to Iraq. 28 Pakistanis laid down their lives in Yazd city in that bus accident.

Another 23 were injured, according to Pakistan’s Ambassador to Iran, Mudassir Tipu, 14 of the wounded were declared as in a critical state.

The brakes of the coach failed and even though the driver did his best to somehow stop the vehicle it kept gaining speed and finally overturned at the Dehshir-Taftan checkpoint in Yazd.

The casualties can also be contributed to the fact that after over-turning it then caught fire. Now the 14 declared critical are most probably the victims of fire and as I have written in one of my earlier columns that Pakistan does not have adequate burn treatment........

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