Oil tanker, passenger bus crash kills 20 in central Pakistan

The crash between an oil tanker and a passenger bus occurred on a motorway near the country’s central city of Multan

A screen grabbed from a video posted on social media that shows fire and rescue personnel and police at the scene of the accident. Gulf Times

A fiery crash between an oil tanker and a passenger bus killed at least 20 people in Pakistan, a police spokesperson and media said on Tuesday.

It was not immediately clear what caused the crash late Monday night or early Tuesday on a motorway near the central city of Multan.

The bus and tanker caught fire after the collision, a police spokesperson said in a statement, without providing details on the number of fatalities.

Geo and Dunya TV reported at least 20 people were killed.

Six passengers survived, an official of a state-run rescue service told Dunya TV on the spot.

"The fire was raging when we got here," he said.