• A relative of a victim of a bus accident talks on a mobile phone as he visits a mortuary to receive the body, in Karachi. At least 57 people were killed in a collision between a bus and oil tanker in southern Pakistan, according to officials. The accident happened on the Karachi to Shikarpur highway in Sindh province. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
    A relative of a victim of a bus accident talks on a mobile phone as he visits a mortuary to receive the body, in Karachi. At least 57 people were killed in a collision between a bus and oil tanker in southern Pakistan, according to officials. The accident happened on the Karachi to Shikarpur highway in Sindh province. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
  • Pakistani volunteers search for victims inside a burnt out passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker along the Super Highway near Karachi. At least 57 people were killed when an oil tanker apparently speeding in the wrong direction down a Pakistan road crashed into a passenger bus, igniting a fierce blaze, police said. Asif Hassan / AFP
    Pakistani volunteers search for victims inside a burnt out passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker along the Super Highway near Karachi. At least 57 people were killed when an oil tanker apparently speeding in the wrong direction down a Pakistan road crashed into a passenger bus, igniting a fierce blaze, police said. Asif Hassan / AFP
  • Pakistani volunteers search for victims inside a burnt out passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker along the Super Highway near Karachi. At least 57 people were killed when an oil tanker apparently speeding in the wrong direction down a Pakistan road crashed into a passenger bus, igniting a fierce blaze, police said. Asif Hassan / AFP
    Pakistani volunteers search for victims inside a burnt out passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker along the Super Highway near Karachi. At least 57 people were killed when an oil tanker apparently speeding in the wrong direction down a Pakistan road crashed into a passenger bus, igniting a fierce blaze, police said. Asif Hassan / AFP
  • A rescue worker comforts a relative of a victim of a bus accident as he visits a mortuary to receive the body, in Karachi. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
    A rescue worker comforts a relative of a victim of a bus accident as he visits a mortuary to receive the body, in Karachi. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
  • Pakistani security officials inspect the wreckage of a passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames along the Super Highway near Karachi, Pakistan. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
    Pakistani security officials inspect the wreckage of a passenger bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames along the Super Highway near Karachi, Pakistan. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
  • Pakistani rescue workers gather around the bodies of bus accident victims in a hospital in Karachi early Sunday. Dozens of people were killed when a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker on a highway near Karachi. Fareed Khan / AP
    Pakistani rescue workers gather around the bodies of bus accident victims in a hospital in Karachi early Sunday. Dozens of people were killed when a passenger bus collided with an oil tanker on a highway near Karachi. Fareed Khan / AP
  • People and rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
    People and rescue workers inspect the wreckage of a bus after it collided with an oil tanker and burst into flames, near Karachi. Shahzaib Akber / EPA
  • A Pakistani policeman stands beside wreckage of a burnt out oil taker and passenger bus following an accident along the Super Highway near Karachi. Asif Hassan / AFP
    A Pakistani policeman stands beside wreckage of a burnt out oil taker and passenger bus following an accident along the Super Highway near Karachi. Asif Hassan / AFP

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At least 57 killed in Pakistan oil tanker crash - in pictures

Rob Gurdebeke

January 11, 2015

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At least 57 people including women and children were killed when their bus crashed into an oil tanker, igniting a fierce blaze in southern Pakistan.

It was the second crash involving major loss of life in Sindh province in less than three months.

Authorities fear the death toll could rise, since all the bodies were burnt beyond recognition, and are planning DNA tests for identification.

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