In the Karo district of Lower Kohistan, a jeep crashed down a deep ravine, killing five family members, including a father and his son.
Lower Kohistan District Police Officer Zulfiqar Khan Jadoon told reporters that all five bodies had been pulled out of the ravine and taken to a local hospital.
The car, which was traveling from Rawalpindi to Gilgit, made a fast bend and fell into the ravine. Along with representatives from Rescue 1122, a police squad led by Mr. Jadoon arrived at the scene and removed the deceased from the ravine. The deceased were named Bulbul Nabi, his little son, Fazl Wahid, Mir Alam, and Mohammad Farooq.
The DPO reported that the five people’s bodies had been transported in ambulances from the Pattan Tehsil Hospital to Gilgit. To ensure the safety of themselves and their passengers, he advised drivers to go slowly and cautiously when traveling over the Karakoram Highway via the Kohistan district.
Another incident occurred on Sunday in Pakistan’s Balochistan region, when a speeding passenger bus went off a mountain road in heavy weather and plummeted into a ravine, killing at least 19 passengers and injuring an additional 11. When the bus crashed into the ravine near Zhob, it was transporting over 30 people from Islamabad to Quetta.
The driver lost control of the bus as it approached Quetta and it slid into a ravine. As of now, we have found 19 bodies, and 11 injured people have been taken to the hospital, according to Assistant Commissioner Syed Mehtab Shah. Mir Abdul Qudoos Bizenjo, the chief minister of Balochistan, expressed sorrow over the incident.
He gave the order to declare an emergency at Civil Hospital Zhob so that the injured would receive care. The bereaved relatives of the deceased received the sympathy and condolences of Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif, who also expressed his sadness over the tragic disaster. The prime minister gave the relevant authorities instructions to get the affected people emergency medical care.
Another incident that happened in November 2021 at Chalashi in Upper Kohistan resulted in six fatalities, including two ladies. Six persons, including two women and children, were in the vehicle, which was traveling from Gilgit to Rawalpindi, according to the police. They continued by saying that the car’s driver lost control of the vehicle while making a fast bend, causing it to crash into a deep ravine.
Police and rescuers from Lotar came to the scene and got to work right away. The bodies were transported to Shatial Rural Health Centre. After the necessary medical and legal processes were completed, the bodies were later given to family members.
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