Multan-Sukkur Motorway | Pakistan

Reduced visibility due to fog resulted in the collision of six trailer trucks on the Multan-Sukkur Motorway (M5) on Tuesday, leaving seven people injured, according to Rescue 1122. A section of the motorway (M5) from Zahir Pir in Rahim Yar Khan to the Multan Sher Shah Interchange — near which the collision took place — was also briefly closed in the morning due to fog hampering visibility. According to a statement by the Rescue 1122, trucks being driven on the motorway collided with stationary ones due to fog. Separately, Multan Rescue 1122 spokesperson Arshad Hussain told Dawn that the collision had taken place between six trucks. The rescue service’s statement further detailed that seven people were injured in the accident, of whom two were taken out of a truck during a rescue operation. Traffic diverted due to closure National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP) spokesperson Imran Shah earlier confirmed to Dawn that the M5 was closed from the Multan Sher Shah Interchange to Zahir Pir in Rahim Yar Khan betw...