15 killed as truck overturns on Swat motorway

19 injured in separate accidents in K-P's Lakki Marwat, Swat districts

At least 15 people were killed and eight others injured on Thursday when a truck overturned near Tunnel Number Three on the Swat Motorway.

Separately, at least 11 people were injured in a severe collision between two Hiace coaches near the Gandi Parana Adda, Lakki Marwat, said officials.

The victims of the Swat Motorway incident were of the same family from Gabral area of Behrain Tehsil in Swat District.

Malakand Rescue 1122's  medical response team dispatched an ambulance to the accident site. They were assisted by Motorway Police and other relevant personnel in the joint rescue operation. The injured and deceased were shifted to the District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital in Batkhela, where doctors confirmed 15 fatalities. 

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Medical aid was provided to the eight injured, with four of the critically wounded referred to a hospital in Swat due to their precarious condition. 

Photo: Rescue 1122

Meanwhile, the collision between two Hiace coaches near Lakki Marwat, left 11 injured. Rescue officials said that all the wounded were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Sarai Naurang and the Tajazai District Headquarters (DHQ) hospital.

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Rescue 1122 officials identified the injured as Khalid Khan, Sajid Khan, Mir Sada Khan, Ayub Khan, Ashfaq, Ghafoor, Shah Dar Khan, Abdul Wadood, and Muzamil Khan.

Earlier in September at least 10 people lost their lives and several others were injured in a head-on collision between a passenger van and a trailer on the Indus Highway in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s (K-P) Karak district, according to rescue officials.

A similiar incident in January 2025 left 12 people dead and 13 injured when a 22-wheeler lorry lost control and ploughed into multiple vehicles at Ambiri Kala Chowk on the Indus Highway in Karak.