One killed, several injured in road mishaps

Attock district rocked by two road accidents

ATTOCK:

At least one person was killed and nine others were injured in two separate incidents in the Attock district on Sunday.

According to police and rescue officials, a man named Hamza Khan was killed and seven others were injured when a Rawalpindi-bound passenger van coming from Kohat turned turtle after its driver lost control due to over-speeding near Bhall Railway Crossing in the limits of Fatehjang Police Station.

The injured were identified as Nasir Shahzad, Sher Ahmed, Azmat Hussain, Shahzad Ali, and the driver of the van Fida Hussain.

Officials said Rescue 1122 teams reached the spot and shifted the injured to the Fatehjang Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for medical treatment.

In the second incident, a couple sustained multiple injuries as their car fell into a ditch near Pindigheb on the Hakla-DI Khan Motorway (M-14).

According to Rescue 1122 and police sources, a man named Shahzaib was traveling along with his wife when their car fell into a ditch due to slippery road.

As they were being shifted to a hospital in an ambulance, the ambulance collided with construction machinery parked on the side of the road.

They said later, the injured were shifted to Rawalpindi. Respective police registered two separate cases and launched further investigation.

Published in The Express Tribune, March 27^th, 2023.