2 girls among 4 killed in school van crash

Four people including two minor girls, female schoolteacher and school van driver died as a speeding dumper hit a school van at Chak 133-SB, 46 Adda Road, situation in the jurisdiction of Sillan-wali police station on Thursday.

Rescue 1122 District Emergency Officer

Mazhar Shah informed that a school van after school off time was returning to his town from Sillanwali.

When it reached near Chak 133-SB, it collided with a speeding dumper. As a resultant, two minor girls including Fateh Noor, 8, a resident of 132-SB, one minor girl of five years, female teacher, school van driver died on-the-spot while 11 children including girls and boys sustained critical injuries.

Rescue 1122 teams and Police concerned reached the spot and shifted the bodies and injured to Tehsil Headquarters hospital Sillanwali for necessary legal formalities.

Police also took the dumper into custody while driver of the Dumper managed to escape from the site. APP