Three passengers were killed and several others sustained injuries after a bus fell from circle bypass road into a ditch in the suburbs of Muzaffargarh city on Tuesday.
A section of ring road or circle bypass around the city is built at around 15 feet height above the Muzaffargarh Rangpur Road and is commonly known as Bhuttapur flyover.
Rescue 1122 officials said that driver of the bus that was travelling from Dera Ghazi Khan to Multan, lost control over the vehicle and it fell from the height after breaking the safety barriers. According to initial information, three passengers had died.
Rescue 1122 District Emergency Officer (DEO) Dr Nayyar Iqbal immediately accompanied a rescuers team to the spot and started rescue operation.
The injured were provided first aid treatment and shifted to a hospital, the DEO added. “The rescuers are now engaged in taking out the passengers trapped inside the bus.”
Published in The Express Tribune, September 30th, 2020.
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