11 killed, 15 injured in van-truck collision in Pakistan's Punjab

STORY: 11 killed, 15 injured in van-truck collision in Pakistan's Punjab SHOOTING TIME: May 25, 2024 DATELINE: May 26, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:44 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the traffic accident STORYLINE: At least 11 people were killed and 15 others injured on Saturday in a collision between a trailer and a van in Pakistan's eastern Punjab province, the rescue service reported. The rescue service said that the accident took place in the evening in Chowk Sarwar Shaheed area when a passenger van hit the truck, resulting in casualties. Following the accident, the victims were shifted to a local hospital, the rescue service said, adding that some of the injured were in critical condition. The deceased included four children and three women. The rescue service, quoting the van's passengers, said that the accident occurred due to overspeeding and careless driving by the van driver. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)

5 killed, 13 injured in road accident in Pakistan's Sindh

STORY: 5 killed, 13 injured in road accident in Pakistan's Sindh SHOOTING TIME: May 13, 2024 DATELINE: May 14, 2024 LENGTH: 0:00:52 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of traffic accident STORYLINE: At least five people were killed and 13 others injured on Monday morning in a road accident in the Matiari district of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, said the rescue department. According to Rescue 1122, a passenger bus collided with a loaded trailer on the National Highway in the Sikhat area of the district. Police and rescue teams rushed to the site and shifted the bodies and injured to a nearby hospital. Medics feared that the death toll might further rise as at least three of the wounded are in critical condition. The passenger bus was en route from eastern Punjab province to the southern port city of Karachi when the accident occurred. Initial police investigation showed that the careless driving and overspeeding by the bus driver caused the accident. Xinhua News Agency cor

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)

6 killed, 15 injured as bus falls into ditch in NW Pakistan

STORY: 6 killed, 15 injured as bus falls into ditch in NW Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Feb. 28, 2024 DATELINE: Feb. 29, 2024 LENGTH: 0:01:01 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident 2. various of hospital STORYLINE: At least six people were killed and 15 others injured on Tuesday as a bus fell into a ditch in Haripur district of Pakistan's northwest Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, the rescue service reported. The rescue service said that the accident took place in the evening in Khanpur area of the district due to overspeeding, resulting in the casualties. The deceased and injured were shifted to a local hospital, it added. According to the local media, the eyewitness said that the bus, carrying women and children, was going from the hilly area to the country's eastern Rawalpindi city when it plunged. Reportedly, the death toll was expected to increase as some of the injured were in critical condition. Road accidents frequently happen in Pakistan, mainly due to poorly maintai

5 killed in road accident in south Pakistan

STORY: 5 killed in road accident in south Pakistan SHOOTING TIME: Dec. 1, 2023 DATELINE: Dec. 2, 2023 LENGTH: 00:01:14 LOCATION: SINDH, Pakistan CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site STORYLINE: Five people were killed when a car fell into a gorge in Pakistan's southern Sindh province in the wee hours of Friday morning, police said. The accident happened in Shikarpur district of the province, where the overspeeding vehicle suffered low visibility caused by fog, Naimat Ullah Khan, who is in charge of the district's police control room, told Xinhua. Due to the dense fog, the driver could not assess the severity of an upcoming sharp turn, and the vehicle veered off the road and plunged into the gorge as he navigated the bend, the policeman said. The deceased were members of a family who were on their way back home in the district from the capital city Quetta of the southwest Balochistan province, Khan added. Presently, Pakistan is experiencing fluctuations in weather patterns, leading

19 killed, 26 injured in 2 road accidents in Pakistan's Sindh

STORY: 19 killed, 26 injured in 2 road accidents in Pakistan's Sindh DATELINE: April 25, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:54 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: SOCIETY SHOTLIST: 1. various of the accident site 2. various of the rescue STORYLINE: At least 19 people were killed and over 26 others injured on Monday in two separate road accidents in the Jamshoro district of Pakistan's southern Sindh province, a police official said. Senior Superintendent of Police of Jamshoro Imran Qureshi told Xinhua that in the first accident, a loaded trailer collided with a passenger van on the Indus Highway near the Sehwan area of the Jamshoro district, leaving 13 people dead and seven others injured. The official said that the accident occurred due to overspeeding and careless driving of the trailer that hit the van from the front. In another road accident, at least six people died and 19 others sustained wounds near the Thori Phatak area of Manjhand town of the Jamshoro district, added the official. The accident occurred w

5 killed, 25 injured in south Pakistan road accident

STORY: 5 killed, 25 injured in south Pakistan road accident DATELINE: April 19, 2023 LENGTH: 00:00:47 LOCATION: Islamabad CATEGORY: OTHERS SHOTLIST: 1. various of the rescue forces 2. various of the car accident site STORYLINE: Five people were killed and 25 others injured when two passenger buses collided in Pakistan's southern Sindh province on Tuesday morning, police and rescue teams said. The incident happened in Sukkur district where a bus heading towards east Punjab province had a head-on collision with the other one coming from Punjab at the national highway in the district, the police told media. The injured were taken to a nearby hospital, and several of them are in critical condition. The cause of the accident is being determined, but according to the initial investigation by the police, the bus driver heading towards Punjab lost control of the vehicle due to overspeeding. Xinhua News Agency correspondents reporting from Islamabad. (XHTV)