Four killed, 5 injured as passenger van falls into ravine in Battagram
The injured and bodies were shifted to district headquarter hospital.
BATTAGRAM (Web Desk) – At least four people died and five others got injured when a passenger van fell into ravine in Sakkargah area of Allai Tehsil, Dunya News reported on Saturday.
The ill-fated van was travelling from Battagram District to Bisham.
The injured were rescued by locals and they were shifted to District Headquarter Hospital.
According to police, the van skidded due to rain.
Pakistan has one of the world's worst records for fatal traffic accidents due to poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.
On April 19, 42 people including 14 children were killed when a speeding passenger bus smashed into a tractor-trailer in Sukkur,
Last month, sixteen people were killed and 49 injured when an overloaded truck crashed into a ravine in the central province of Punjab.
A collision between two buses and a petrol tanker killed 35 people in southwest Pakistan in late March.
