30 RESCUED 12 BODIES RECOVERED AS A BUS OVERTURNS
DERA GHAZI KHAN, Aug 23 : Thirty passengers were rescued while bodies of twelve others were recovered from water after the bus carrying them went upside down while passing through Kharar Buzdar hill torrent on Taunsa-DI Khan road near Taunsa Sharif on Monday. Rescue 1122 Incharge Dr. Natiq Hayat told APP that they also received information that bodies of few passengers,swept away by water, were taken out by people in nearby villages and THQ hospital staff have been asked to collect them from there. Thirty passengers were saved after 20 rescuers cut the body of the bus to take them out. Two were hospitalized with injuries while others had only minor bruises.
Sixteen passengers are still missing. “The bus is now filled with water and sand and we fear there might be eight to ten more passengers entangled inside it”, says Dr. Natiq.
They have now employed heavy machinery, Crane, to retrieve the bus. The incident occurred some 35 kilometres away from Taunsa city on a portion of Taunsa-DI Khan road at a time when hill torrent water was crossing the road at a reasonable speed.
The uneven road surface damaged due to hill torrent and the speedy water might be the reason behind the accident.
The hill torrents from Suleman Mountain Range are a usual phenomenon during monsoon season and in addition to destroying standing crops and rural settlements, they sometimes also damage inter-district roads in DG Khan and Rajanpur districts.
Sixteen passengers are still missing. “The bus is now filled with water and sand and we fear there might be eight to ten more passengers entangled inside it”, says Dr. Natiq.
They have now employed heavy machinery, Crane, to retrieve the bus. The incident occurred some 35 kilometres away from Taunsa city on a portion of Taunsa-DI Khan road at a time when hill torrent water was crossing the road at a reasonable speed.
The uneven road surface damaged due to hill torrent and the speedy water might be the reason behind the accident.
The hill torrents from Suleman Mountain Range are a usual phenomenon during monsoon season and in addition to destroying standing crops and rural settlements, they sometimes also damage inter-district roads in DG Khan and Rajanpur districts.
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