Five of a family perish due to gas heater leakage

Husband is said to be in critical condition in Ayub Medical Complex

ABBOTTABAD/BATTAGRAM:

A family tragedy unfolded as a woman and her four children died of suffocation while her husband was in critical condition at the Ayub Medical Complex, Abbottabad.

According to the police, the family was residing in a house owned by a labourer named Banaras in the limits of Nawan City police station.

The incident occurred late Monday night when the family, grappling with load shedding, resorted to using a gas heater in their room, said the police, adding that gas leakage ensued, leading to the fatal accumulation of gas in the room.

The grim discovery was made on Tuesday evening when neighbours noticed an unusual lack of activity in the household.

Upon entering the premises by breaking the door, they found the family members unconscious and subsequently confirmed the tragic loss of five lives.

The deceased included 26-year-old Shamim Bibi, five-year-old Varmaisha, one-year-old Zainab, seven-year-old Wasib and 3-year-old Umar.

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Woman killed

A woman died while three others, including a woman, were seriously injured after the vehicle they were travelling in fell into a deep ravine at Suhbat Chary area in Tehsil Alai.

According to sources, on Wednesday morning, a driver lost control of his car and it fell into a ditch hundreds of feet deep in the area of Tehsil Alai, as a result of which the wife of Abdul Qadir died on the spot while Saifullah, Abdullah and Abdullah’s wife were seriously injured.

The injured were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Banna for immediate medical assistance. The accident was so severe that the vehicle was destroyed.

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The sound of the accident was heard from far away, after which locals converged at the spot and rescued the injured.

The accident occurred on a difficult hill, due to which there were severe problems in the rescue operation.

As the incident was reported, various political and social personalities visited the injured in the hospital and expressed their condolences to the family members of the deceased woman.

According to locals, due to the bad condition of the roads in Battagram district, traffic accidents have become common, especially the link roads of the villages have turned into ruins due to which precious lives are being lost.

Published in The Express Tribune, December 14^th, 2023.