KHUSHAB: At least 13, including children, have died, while nine others were injured, as a mini truck carrying a family plunged into a ravine in the Punj Pir area of Khushab.
According to a private media report, the incident occurred in Punj Pir, where a mini truck’s brake failed and it fell into a ravine, resulting in the deaths of 13 people, including 5 children, and four others sustained injuries.
Rescue officials, as reported by private media, confirmed that the deceased individuals were from the same family. They were en route from Bannu to Wadi Soon in Khushab when the accident took place.
The eyewitnesses said that the driver took a sharp turn when the vehicle was at high speed and skidded off the road into the ravine.
Furthermore, the rescue teams have reached the spot of incident and the dead bodies and injured are being shifted to THQ Hospital.
In a separate incident, at least 18 people were killed and around 50 injured in an accident occurred with a truck carrying pilgrims to Shah Noorani shrine near Hub area of Balochistan.
As per details, the truck carrying pilgrims was on its way to Shah Noorani shrine from Karachi when it fell into ravine.
“The road mishap claimed 17 lives while the incident has left 40 injured, some of them critical,” Shahid Rind Spokesperson Balochistan government informed.
