ISLAMABAD, Pakistan — Eight people, including two children, were killed and eight others injured in two separate road accidents in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa (K-P) on Friday, according to Rescue 1122 officials.
Six people were killed and seven injured when a passenger van overturned in Buner district, while two children died and another was injured after being struck by a truck in Charsadda district, Rescue 1122 spokesperson Bilal Ahmad Faizi said.
Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the accident site in Buner after receiving information and launched relief operations. Five ambulances and 20 rescue personnel participated in the operation, transporting the deceased and injured to hospital, Faizi added. The cause of the accident was not immediately known.
In the Charsadda incident, three children were struck by a truck near Tarnab Road. Rescue teams responded under the instructions of District Emergency Officer Ghayoor Mushtaq Khan and shifted the children to the District Headquarters Hospital.
The deceased were identified as five-year-old Mubeen, son of Farhadullah, and 11-year-old Saifullah, son of Sher Wali. Fourteen-year-old Yaseen, son of Farhadullah, was injured.
According to initial information, Farhadullah and Yaseen were residents of Gulshanabad Khat Korona, while Saifullah belonged to Kheshgi.
K-P Governor Faisal Karim Kundi expressed grief over the deaths in the Buner accident and extended condolences to the bereaved families. He wished the seven injured people a speedy recovery and directed the relevant authorities to ensure they received the best possible medical treatment.
Road accidents have repeatedly claimed lives across Pakistan in recent months.
On October 13, four people, including a woman, were killed and five others injured when a van collided with a truck on the Quetta–Karachi National Highway near Badrang in Mastung district. The van was travelling from Quetta to Kalat when the collision occurred.
Earlier, on August 30, four people were killed and seven injured when a passenger van collided with a dumper near Tunnel No. 3 on the Swat Motorway in Lower Dir district. A motorway police spokesperson attributed the crash to the negligence and carelessness of the van driver.
In July, at least 40 people were killed and eight injured when a passenger coach travelling from Quetta to Peshawar plunged into a ravine in the Danasar area of the Sherani–Zhob Highway, near the Balochistan–Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa border. The difficult mountainous terrain hampered rescue operations.
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