Sherwan Road crash claims another life

Doctors at ATH say condition of four more children critical

ABBOTTABAD:

Another 12-year-old girl in the Pind Kargo Khan Sherwan Road accident died on Saturday, now the death toll increased to 5 while 18 male and female students are still in the hospital where four of them were declared critical.

On Thursday, a loaded truck that was also carrying 24 children of a private school fell into a deep gorge while taking a sharp turn when the driver lost control over the vehicle.

Four children died and 19 others were injured in the accident. Rescue 1122 workers reached the spot and shifted the injured children to the Ayub Medical Complex Abbottabad. The bodies of the four children were handed over to their families on the spot.

The injured children who were shifted to ATH for treatment included Tashfeen Masood, Naqash, Hamza Sadique, Waqas, Tanzeela Sidique, Saad Basharat, and Hamza. Hareem Fatima, Ahsan Arif, Uraid Ahmed, Ramsha Bibi, Zohaib, Almughanya, Naveed, Anam, Danyal, Muqaddas and Inaya. Most of the injured children were under 10 years of age.

ATH Hospital Director Dr Ishfaq also reached the emergency and reviewed the arrangements for the treatment of the injured children. Four out of 19 children were declared critical and were shifted to the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) and today another 12 years old girl died.

Published in The Express Tribune, May 29^th, 2022.