Turbat : Two people were killed and four others were injured in a collision between a Zamyad vehicle and a tractor in the Kaisak area along the CPEC highway.
According to police sources, Muhammad Ashraf (son of Muhammad Hayat, a resident of Sanghar, Sindh) and Ajmeer Khan (son of Abdul Aziz, a resident of Jacobabad, Sindh) died on the spot.
The injured include Anees (son of Abdul Aziz) and Saddam Hussain (son of Shah Muhammad)—both residents of Sindh—along with Imran (son of Yaqoob) and Baqir (son of Phalain Jan)—both residents of Panjgur.
Police stated that the bodies of the deceased and the injured were immediately transferred to a nearby hospital, and further investigations into the accident are underway.
Road Safety Crisis in Balochistan
Balochistan faces an alarming rate of fatal traffic accidents, driven primarily by crumbling infrastructure and treacherous terrain.
The province’s vast expanses are heavily reliant on vital trade corridors like the CPEC highway and the National Highway (N-25), often referred to as the “Killer Highway” due to its gruesome record of collisions.
A primary contributor to this crisis is the widespread prevalence of single-lane roads connecting major districts, which forces heavy cargo trucks and passenger vehicles into dangerous head-on traffic.
Additionally, lax enforcement of traffic laws, systemic reckless driving, speeding, and widespread fatigue among long-distance commercial drivers exacerbate the danger.
The transportation of smuggled Iranian fuel via makeshift tankers also turns routine collisions into catastrophic infernos.
The human cost is devastating, further compounded by a critically deficient emergency medical infrastructure.
Remote crash sites lack nearby trauma centers, meaning critically injured victims often bleed to death or succumb to injuries long before reaching adequate medical facilities in Quetta or Karachi.
Addressing this ongoing tragedy requires urgent structural overhauls: expanding major arteries into dual carriageways, strictly regulating commercial transport, and establishing fully equipped emergency trauma units along all major highways.
