ISLAMABAD: According to a Rescue 1122 official, a tragic incident occurred on Saturday as a passenger van, traveling on the route connecting the Thakot area of Battagram to the Hazara Motorway in Mansehra, fell off a bridge.
This route had been constructed as part of the China-Pakistan Economic Corridor. The accident resulted in the unfortunate deaths of six individuals, including two women, while five others sustained injuries.
Hafeezur Rehman, the district emergency officer of Rescue 1122 in Mansehra, reported to Dawn.com that the van was en route from Battagram’s Allai tehsil to Mansehra. The incident unfolded in Mansehra’s Hathimera area, where the vehicle’s driver reportedly lost control of the steering wheel. The van, carrying 13 passengers, ended up in a ditch.
Following the accident, a rescue team promptly reached the scene and extricated the deceased bodies and the injured individuals from the ditch where the van had landed. Subsequently, the bodies and the injured were transported to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital in Mansehra.
Hafeez explained that the families of those who lost their lives and the injured were duly informed about the accident. He added that the bodies would be handed over to the respective heirs after the necessary medico-legal formalities were completed.
Earlier in the same month, another incident occurred when a wagon carrying 21 members of a family from Peshawar overturned on the Mansehra-Naran-Jalkhad Road in the Sangar area of Balakot. Officials reported that the family, on a tourist trip to the Kaghan Valley from Peshawar, encountered the accident due to the driver’s loss of control while navigating a sharp turn. This resulted in injuries to the family members.
A Cop Martyred In Militants Attack On A Police Van In Peshawar
Meanwhile, Unidentified armed men targeted a police mobile in Badaber, Peshawar, martyring one cop and injuring two others.
The attackers targeted police early Monday morning in the latest attack in Peshawar, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province.
The province has witnessed a series of terror incidents in recent months. This is an outcome of the end of the ceasefire between the TTP and Islamabad.
During the attack on the police van, Constable Yar Muhammad and two other policemen sustained critical injuries. Despite receiving treatment, Yar Muhammad succumbed to his wounds.
