Benazir Bhutto died after hitting head on car 's sunroof , Pakistan government says . The Pakistani prime minister said the accident happened when Bhutto's vehicle hit a tree and she was thrown from her vehicle. Her father and former prime minister , Zulfiqar Ali Bhutto , was hanged in the same northern city in 1979 . Pakistan People 's Party official says government explanations are `` pack of lies '' U.S. official names Taliban leader as suspected plotter .
Benazir Bhutto died after hitting head on car 's sunroof , Pakistan government says . The Pakistani prime minister said the accident happened when Bhutto's vehicle hit a tree and she was thrown from her vehicle. Pakistan People 's Party official says government explanations are `` pack of lies '' U.S. official names Taliban leader as suspected plotter .