A speeding bus smashed into a truck loaded with sand, killing six persons and wounded 25 persons of them 10 said to be in critical condition.

The bus conductor and a father and son are included among the six dead.

The passenger bus on way to Islamabad from Multan rammed into a truck parked beside the road near Mauza Bukharian, as the driver fell asleep.

The wounded were immediately shifted to Faisalabad Allied Hospital, among them 10 persons are said to be in critical condition, while an emergency has been declared in the hospital.