DERA GHAZI KHAN: At least seven people, including a father and his son, and several injured were critically wounded when a passenger van fell into a deep gorge near Rakhi Gaj area of DG Khan on Monday.
According to details, the accident occurred when the driver of the DG Khan-bound coach lost control of the vehicle due to over-speeding. The passenger van was en-route from Fort Monroe to DG Khan and was travelling on a frail road.
The rescue officials and border police recovered the bodies and shifted the injured people to a nearby hospital for medical treatment. The driver of the vehicle, Mehraban ul-Abdur Rehman and the injured were pulled out of the deep ravine by nightfall.
Victims of the accident have been identified as Riaz Ayub, Mohammad Waqas Islam, Wazir Sher Dil, Imtiaz Ahmed Bakhsh, Qismat Khan Farooq and his son Mohammad Arba Qismat.
Pakistan has one of the world’s worst records for fatal traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.
Earlier on December 15, eight women and a child were killed and 13 others sustained critical injuries when an overcrowded jeep plunged into a deep ravine in Ayubia, Abbottabad.
At least 22 people, all belonging to Bandi Maira village, were returning from a neighbouring village after attending a funeral ceremony in Galiyat when the overcrowded jeep skidded off the road at a sharp turn and fell into a gorge.
