Up to 65 People Die in Traffic Pileup

Cranes and heavy trucks cleared away the mangled and blackened wreckage of a fatal traffic pileup in northern Pakistan that began when an overcrowded bus slammed into an oil tanker. There were conflicting casualty reports from Saturday’s accident on a narrow, two-lane highway near Jhelum, about 70 miles southeast of Islamabad, the federal capital. Police said 25 people were killed, while rescue workers put the death toll above 50 and some news reports said as many as 65 people were killed. Authorities said the intense flames delayed efforts to count the victims.