In light of this worrying trend, City Traffic Police Lahore (CTPL) recently decided to become the complainant in all traffic accidents reported if the victim’s family refuses to do so. PHOTO: EXPRESS
The bus was returning from Bhit Shah, Matiari district, where the devotees attended the three-day urs celebrations of the Sufi poet. The passengers were being transported back to Sukkur district from where most of them belonged.
The rescue operation began after around half an hour of the accident, according to the injured passengers.
National Highway and Motorway Police and volunteers of the Edhi Foundation shifted the injured and the deceased to local hospitals.
The deceased have been identified as Shaukat Shaikh, Mumtaz Shaikh, Dholanh Shaikh, Deedar Abbassi, Ameer Bux Langha and Abdullah Jatoi. Three of them belonged to Sukkur, two were from Khairpur district and one was from Ghotki district.
Three injured passengers, Qadir Baksh, Habibullah Jogi and Ali Pathan, were shifted in critical condition to Peoples Medical University Hospital in Nawabshah. The bus driver escaped from the site.
Police said that the vehicle has been impounded and they are trying to arrest the driver.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 17th, 2019.
1731570357-0/elon-musk-(1)1731570357-0-165x106.webp "article")
-(1)1717678110-0/Kendrick-(1)-(1)1717678110-0-165x106.webp "article")
COMMENTS
Comments are moderated and generally will be posted if they are on-topic and not abusive.
For more information, please see our Comments FAQ