At least two students died and another nine were injured when a private truck fell into a throat in the area of Tarnoi Qaladarabad of the Abbottabad district of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on Saturday, authorities said.
ABBOTBAD (SSP) traffic police (SSP) Tariq Mehmood Khan said said Dawn.com That a truck immersed himself in a ravine in the Tarnoi Qalandarabad and that an 1122 rescue team took the victims to the Ayub Teaching Hospital (ATH).
He said that two students were killed on the spot, while the nine injured were transferred to ATH to receive treatment.
ATH spokesman Malik Saif Rajpoot Dawn.com That the two deceased students were between 14 and 15 years old, while seven other students and two women were taken to the hospital with injuries.
“It was a private truck that provided a selection and fall service to students and teachers of private schools and universities. All students belong to different institutions, ”Rajpoot said, added that the nine injured passengers were receiving treatment.
In September last year, a man and his eight -month -old daughter died and nine others suffered wounds when a truck collided with a Rickshaw in the Janrai Shang area of Bisham Tehsil in Shangla.
A 1122 rescue official had said that the truck, who was heading to Thakot, crashed with a Rickshaw who came from the opposite direction. The official said the accident left 11 passengers of both injured vehicles and that the Rickshaw caught fire after the collision.
