2 killed, over 50 injured in road accident in Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: 2 killed, over 50 injured in road accident in Pakistan's Punjab SHOOTING TIME: April 14, 2024 DATELINE: April 15, 2024 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic accident STORYLINE: At least two people were killed and over 50 others injured in a road accident in Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, highway police said on Monday. Highway patrolling police said that a bus fell into a deep ravine in the Sar Kalan area near the Kallar Kahar region of the district late Sunday. Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital. Deputy Commissioner Chakwal, Quratulain Malik, told media that the death toll may rise as five of the injured were in critical condition. According to police, the accident occurred due to overspeeding when the driver lost control of the vehicle, leading it to a deep ditch beside the road. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

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(230618) -- CHAKWAL, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- An overturned passenger bus is pictured at a road accident site in Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on June 17, 2023. At least 14 people were killed and over 20 others injured when a passenger bus turned turtle in Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police officers said. The accident took place on the motorway near Kallar Kahar area of the district when the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle due to brake failure, leading to the tragic crash, Deputy Inspector General of National Highways and Motorway Police Muhammad Yusuf Malik told Xinhua. (Str/Xinhua)

PAKISTAN-CHAKWAL-ROAD-ACCIDENT

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(230618) -- CHAKWAL, June 18, 2023 (Xinhua) -- A rescuer holds a child at a road accident site in Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on June 17, 2023. At least 14 people were killed and over 20 others injured when a passenger bus turned turtle in Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police officers said. The accident took place on the motorway near Kallar Kahar area of the district when the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle due to brake failure, leading to the tragic crash, Deputy Inspector General of National Highways and Motorway Police Muhammad Yusuf Malik told Xinhua. (Str/Xinhua)

14 killed, 20 injured in passenger bus crash in Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: 14 killed, 20 injured in passenger bus crash in Pakistan's Punjab DATELINE: June 18, 2023 LENGTH: 0:00:27 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the site STORYLINE: At least 14 people were killed and over 20 others injured when a passenger bus turned turtle in the Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province on Saturday, police officers said. The accident took place on the motorway near the Kallar Kahar area of the district when the driver of the bus lost control of the vehicle due to brake failure, leading to the tragic crash, Deputy Inspector General of National Highways and Motorway Police Muhammad Yusuf Malik said. At least five women and three children are among the people who have lost their lives in the accident, the officer said, adding that the bus was on its way to Lahore, the provincial capital of Punjab, from the federal capital Islamabad when the accident took place. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

12 killed, 54 injured as bus falls into ditch in Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: 12 killed, 54 injured as bus falls into ditch in Pakistan's Punjab DATELINE: Feb. 20, 2023 LENGTH: 0:02:10 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1 various of the rescue scene STORYLINE: At least 12 passengers were killed and 54 others injured on Sunday night as a bus fell into a ditch in the Chakwal district of Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, rescue service told Xinhua. The rescue service said that the accident took place on the motorway near the Kallar Kahar area of the district when the bus went off to the other side of the road due to brake failure, hit three cars coming from the opposite direction, and eventually fell off the road into a ditch. The rescue workers reached the site and sent the victims to the hospitals, it said, adding that four of the injured passengers were in critical condition. The passengers in the ill-fated bus were going back to Lahore, the capital of Punjab, from Rawalpindi city of the province after attending a wedding ceremony, according to the res