Road Accident: Man killed, 11 injured
the driver lost control of the steering at a blind turn and the vehicle fell into a gorge
ABBOTABAD:
A passenger was killed while 11 others including two women were injured as a jeep plunged into a ravine near Kokarlan village on Friday.
Police and witnesses said that a jeep was coming from Bagh village to Abbottabad. When it reached near village Kokarlan, the driver lost control of the steering at a blind turn and the vehicle fell into a gorge, killing the driver Babar Abbasi on the spot and injuring 11 others.
Local rescue workers moved the body and injured to DHQ Hospital Abbottabad. Some of the injured are said to be in critical condition.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 22nd, 2011.
A passenger was killed while 11 others including two women were injured as a jeep plunged into a ravine near Kokarlan village on Friday.
Police and witnesses said that a jeep was coming from Bagh village to Abbottabad. When it reached near village Kokarlan, the driver lost control of the steering at a blind turn and the vehicle fell into a gorge, killing the driver Babar Abbasi on the spot and injuring 11 others.
Local rescue workers moved the body and injured to DHQ Hospital Abbottabad. Some of the injured are said to be in critical condition.
Published in The Express Tribune, October 22nd, 2011.