Multi-vehicle collision kills six, injures eight

Rescue official says multiple vehicles collided with each other due to heavy fog on motorway

HARIPUR:

At least six people, including a woman, were killed while another eight injured in a multi-vehicle collision on the fog-laden Hazara Motorway on Sunday morning.

Sources said a passenger coach travelling from Mansehra to Lahore, a hi-ace vehicle travelling from Abbottabad to Rawalpindi and construction machinery collided with each other near Shah Maqsood on Hazara Motorway.

Rescue officials swiftly responded to the accident and shifted the bodies and injured to the nearby hospital. They said multiple vehicles collided with each other due to heavy fog on the motorway, resulting in the deaths of six people, including a woman on the spot while eight others sustained injuries in the incident.

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According to rescue officials, as soon as the information about the accident was received, three ambulances and one disaster rescue vehicle were dispatched to the accident site on the instructions of the District Emergency Officer.

After the collision, many people were trapped in the vehicles. A special team of Rescue-1122 Haripur conducted a successful operation for an hour, while the medical teams provided first aid to the injured and shifted them to the trauma centre. Three seriously injured persons were shifted to Abbottabad in critical condition.

Published in The Express Tribune, January 8^th, 2024.