Five Killed, 20 Injured as Bus Plunges Into Drain in Hafizabad
Rescue 1122 said the bus fell into a drain and blamed speeding as teams shifted the injured to hospitals.
- On Thursday, a passenger bus overturned and plunged into a drainage channel near Fatehke in Pindi Bhattian, Hafizabad district, killing five people and injuring more than 27 others, Rescue 1122 said.
- The bus was traveling from Raiwind to Chiniot to attend the Tablighi Ijtema when eyewitnesses reported the driver became drowsy while making a U-turn, causing the vehicle to lose control.
- Emergency teams from Pindi Bhattian were immediately dispatched and provided first aid to 20 injured passengers before transferring them to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital for treatment.
- The deceased were identified as Ahmad, Adil, Mazakar Mubeen, Arslan Farooq, and Muhammad Ali, with the recovery operation supervised by District Emergency Officer Engineer Abdul Rasheed.
- A similar accident occurred in August 2022 near Solangi Kharl in Hafizabad district, where seven people died and 24 were injured when a bus fell into a pond; rescue officials attributed that incident to speeding.
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Five killed, 20 injured as bus plunges into drain in Hafizabad
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