Fatal accidents: One killed, 13 injured in road mishaps
Faizan Khan was studying in his room when a bus plowed into his house.
File photo of a road. PHOTO: FILE
SWABI/KOHAT:
A student of grade nine was killed and two of his family members were injured when a bus rammed into their house in Kotha area of Swabi on Monday.
Topi police official Zarif Khan said Faizan Khan was studying in a room inside his house located on Topi-Jehangira Road when a bus, en route to Rawalpindi from Topi, plowed into his house. The room collapsed as a result, killing Faizan and injuring two other family members. The official added the driver managed to flee the scene.
In a separate incident, 11 passengers were injured when a van they were travelling in rammed into a tree on Indus Highway, Kohat Sunday night.
A city police official said the van was en route to Peshawar from Bannu at the time, adding it collided with a tree near Kohat District Jail. The injured were shifted to Kohat Divisional Hospital where they were administered with first aid and then discharged.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2014.
A student of grade nine was killed and two of his family members were injured when a bus rammed into their house in Kotha area of Swabi on Monday.
Topi police official Zarif Khan said Faizan Khan was studying in a room inside his house located on Topi-Jehangira Road when a bus, en route to Rawalpindi from Topi, plowed into his house. The room collapsed as a result, killing Faizan and injuring two other family members. The official added the driver managed to flee the scene.
In a separate incident, 11 passengers were injured when a van they were travelling in rammed into a tree on Indus Highway, Kohat Sunday night.
A city police official said the van was en route to Peshawar from Bannu at the time, adding it collided with a tree near Kohat District Jail. The injured were shifted to Kohat Divisional Hospital where they were administered with first aid and then discharged.
Published in The Express Tribune, February 11th, 2014.