At least five women and a minor girl died while five people sustained injuries when dumper truck turned over and fell on van carrying factory workers in Tehsil Pind Dadan Khan on Saturday.
All the victims were from Sidhandi village of Chakwal district. Locals informed The Express Tribune that a van with 25 workers of Ghareebawal Cement Factory was on its way to Chakwal when it reached a narrow mountainous road.
A loader truck carrying raw material for cement manufacturing overturned on the van while taking a turn.
Some six women died as they were buried under the raw material while five people including two women were injured. People sitting atop the van had saved their lives by jumping off the moment they saw the mammoth truck trip over.
The fatalities were reported as Aflatoon, Maqsood Begum, Begum Sultan Ahmed, Zarish, Bakhbina, and a minor aged around five years old.
The injured victims include Haji Sultan, Shamim, Anwar Ameer, Riyaz, and Faiqa Parveen.
Two critically injured victims were shifted to a hospital in Rawalpindi while others were given treatment in the factory’s hospital.
The bodies were also handed over to the victim’s family after legal formalities.
The closely knit locality of the Sidhandi village bore a somber look as six funerals were held on the same evening.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 25th, 2020.
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