The accident occurred on Friday while the bus was traveling from the Dana Sar area of Sherani District in Balochistan to Dera Ismail Khan in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa. 

The crash resulted in at least 40 fatalities and left eight passengers injured. 

According to the Medical Emergency Response Centre (MERC), 40 bodies have been recovered from the crash site, while eight injured passengers have been shifted to the Trauma Centre in Zhob.