Dangerous waters: Two students drown in Korang Nullah
The incident happened near the Muree Toll Plaza.
ISLAMABAD:
Gushing waters in the Korang Nullah swept away two students on Tuesday. They were standing on a rock at the bank of Korang when they slipped. Both, did not know how to swim and a third friend at the scene was unable to help them.
It took rescue teams and navy divers over four hours to recover the bodies of Naveedur Rehman, 18, and Hamza, 19, from the deep waters of the nullah. Their surviving friend, Qadeer, told the Bhara Kahu police that the deceased pair slipped off a rock they were standing on.
Quoting Qadeer, the Bhara Kahu police said the three boys decided to go to there after college and reached the nullah near Murree Toll Plaza in the afternoon.
Hamza and Rehman did not go into the water as they could not swim.
They were watching Qadeer from a rock when one of them slipped. They were holding each other’s hands and one dragged the other down with him.
“Qadeer said he tried to rescue his friends but could not stand for long against fast moving water,” said Waqas, a rescue official. Qadeer had gotten hold of one of the two victims but the water broke his grip.
He looked for help from nearby, but the two boys had been swept away by the time help arrived. Rescue officials said Qadeer called Rescue 1122 after the boys were swept away. Navy divers were also called in to assist the rescue officials in the search operation.
The bodies were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said the bodies were handed over to their respective families for burial. One was from Shams Colony and the other from Rawalpindi Cantonment. Police said the families did not ask for a criminal investigation into the incident and accepted that it was an accident.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 16th, 2012.
Gushing waters in the Korang Nullah swept away two students on Tuesday. They were standing on a rock at the bank of Korang when they slipped. Both, did not know how to swim and a third friend at the scene was unable to help them.
It took rescue teams and navy divers over four hours to recover the bodies of Naveedur Rehman, 18, and Hamza, 19, from the deep waters of the nullah. Their surviving friend, Qadeer, told the Bhara Kahu police that the deceased pair slipped off a rock they were standing on.
Quoting Qadeer, the Bhara Kahu police said the three boys decided to go to there after college and reached the nullah near Murree Toll Plaza in the afternoon.
Hamza and Rehman did not go into the water as they could not swim.
They were watching Qadeer from a rock when one of them slipped. They were holding each other’s hands and one dragged the other down with him.
“Qadeer said he tried to rescue his friends but could not stand for long against fast moving water,” said Waqas, a rescue official. Qadeer had gotten hold of one of the two victims but the water broke his grip.
He looked for help from nearby, but the two boys had been swept away by the time help arrived. Rescue officials said Qadeer called Rescue 1122 after the boys were swept away. Navy divers were also called in to assist the rescue officials in the search operation.
The bodies were shifted to Pakistan Institute of Medical Sciences (Pims), where they were pronounced dead on arrival.
Police said the bodies were handed over to their respective families for burial. One was from Shams Colony and the other from Rawalpindi Cantonment. Police said the families did not ask for a criminal investigation into the incident and accepted that it was an accident.
Published in The Express Tribune, May 16th, 2012.