MUZAFFARABAD: At least 11 people, including three children, were killed while 16 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus plunged into a deep gorge in Zamanabad, Muzaffarabad on Saturday.
According to details, the ill-fated van was travelling from Rawalpindi to Chakothi village when it met the accident. Three children were also among the deceased and five passengers were reported to be in critical condition.
Upon receiving information, the rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies of three passengers to Abbas Institute of Medical Sciences and six bodies to the Combined Military Hospital (CMH), while the other injured were shifted to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.
Expressing sadness over the loss of lives, AJK Prime Minister Raja Mohammad Farooq summoned a report about the cause of the accident from the authorities concerned. He instructed that the injured be given the best possible medical aid.
Earlier in January, at least eight people were killed and 22 others were injured when a high-speed passenger bus overturned on Bela National Highway in Lasbela district of Balochistan.
According to reports, among the deceased were also two levies personnel deployed at the check post which the bus hit before it overturned whereas the injured had been shifted to a local hospital.
