‘Flying’ Coach: Passenger van goes turtle, injures six
The van went turtle due to over speeding while taking a U-turn.
ISLAMABAD:
At least six people on Saturday suffered minor injuries after a passenger van overturned near Zero Point Interchange. The van went turtle due to over speeding while taking a U-turn. Police said that the tyre-rode of the van broke which caused it to turn over. However, it was saved from going down from the recently inaugurated bridge of the interchange. The six injured which included two women were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences where they were discharged after emergency treatment. The van plying between Faisal Mosque and Rawalpindi city was going to Rawalpindi when the accident occurred near Zero Point.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 24th, 2011.
At least six people on Saturday suffered minor injuries after a passenger van overturned near Zero Point Interchange. The van went turtle due to over speeding while taking a U-turn. Police said that the tyre-rode of the van broke which caused it to turn over. However, it was saved from going down from the recently inaugurated bridge of the interchange. The six injured which included two women were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences where they were discharged after emergency treatment. The van plying between Faisal Mosque and Rawalpindi city was going to Rawalpindi when the accident occurred near Zero Point.
Published in The Express Tribune, July 24th, 2011.