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At least 18 people burned to death in Pakistan in a bus crash on Sunday. The accident happened on a highway early Sunday morning local time near the town of Pindi Bhattian in eastern Punjab, officials in the capital Islamabad told AFP. The bus collided with a truck carrying barrels of diesel fuel. “Within five minutes, the bus was engulfed in flames. 18 people burned to death and 16 others were injured, four of them seriously, senior police official Fahad Ahmed said. He said the bus driver had apparently fallen asleep. Bad roads, lack of safety and dangerous driving lead to many fatal accidents in Pakistani traffic. /ritzau/AFP/