Worrying spate of accidental deaths in Pakistan

[Firebat]

An official says a passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell 200 feet into a ravine in heavy rain.

A passenger bus slid off a mountain road and fell into a deep ravine in heavy rain in southwest Pakistan on Sunday, killing 19 people and injuring 12 others, a government official said.

Mahtab Shah, assistant administrator for the district of Shirani in Baluchistan province, said about 35 passengers were travelling in the bus. He said rescue workers were searching for survivors in the wreckage of the destroyed vehicle and surroundings.

Mr. Shah said apparently the bus slid on the wet road amid heavy rain and the driver lost control of the vehicle, which fell about 200 feet (61 metres) into the ravine.

Deadly road accidents are common in Pakistan due to poor road infrastructure and disregard for traffic laws, as well as poorly maintained vehicles. Last month, 22 people were killed in a similar accident when a bus fell into a ravine in Qila Saifullah district.

https://www.thehindu.com/news/inter...ine-in-southwest-pakistan/article65595074.ece

 

[gazza619]

This is so devastating. When will people learn not to travel through routes that are even more dangerous during heavy rains on these poor vehicles.

 

[sweep_shot]

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

 

[finalfantasy7]

This is so devastating. When will people learn not to travel through routes that are even more dangerous during heavy rains on these poor vehicles.

Inna lillahi wa inna ilaihi rajiun.

cant blame the people - they cant afford to miss out on a days work. especially if they are farmers / market traders.

Its down to the bus company to take the action not go out - its only thr duty

 

[Hitman]

This is heartbreaking.

RIP to the deceased.

 

[daytrader]

Wedding party meets tragedy as river claims at least 21 lives near Machka in Punjab

Wedding party meets tragedy as river claims at least 21 lives near Machka in Punjab

RAHIM YAR KHAN: At least 19 women and two children drowned while several others went missing after a boat carrying more than 100 wedding guests capsized in the Indus River near Machka police limits, some 65km from here, on Monday.

More than 100 participants of a Solangi clan marriage party were coming back from union council Khrore — in the riverbed area of tehsil Rojhan in district Rajanpur — to Hussain Bakhash Solangi village in Machka UC of Sadiqabad when the boat capsized, apparently due to overloading and high tide.

According to Rescue 1122 sources, they received a call from the Machka police station house officer that a boat carrying over 100 passengers had capsized.

A handout said that 90 passengers were rescued by locals and the district administration while 19 women and two children’s bodies were also recovered.

RYK Deputy Commissioner Syed Musa Raza told Dawn that more than 80 passengers were rescued, 19 bodies of women passengers recovered and search was in progress for the remaining missing people.

He said 35 divers of Rescue 1122 were taking part in the search operation with the help of local divers.

The Rescue 1122 statement said their personnel immediately reached the spot with five ambulances, water rescue van and 30 rescuers.

However, Sadiqabad Assistant Commissioner Saleem Asai put the death toll at 23, including 19 women and four children.

Punjab Chief Minister Hamza Shehbaz has ordered the district administration to speed up the rescue operation.

Foreign Minister Bilawal Bhutto-Zardari and Sindh Chief Minister Syed Murad Ali Shah have directed the administration of Kashmore district — Sindh’s nearest area to Sadiqabad — to provide all possible assistance in the search operation and use the services of divers from Pakistan Navy in case of need.

According to Rescue in-charge, the operation was stopped due to darkness and will resume on Tuesday morning.

Machka is known as an area of Mazari Sardars. According to some locals, more than 150 passengers on two boats were on their way for a wedding ceremony and both boats were moving against the tide. One boat was overloaded and the boatman could not control the balance and it overturned.

The groom Shehzad, along with his mother were among the passengers who were rescued by the residents.

The locals said residents of the riverine area have relatives across the river and they have been using boats for transportation for the last many years because the bridges on the Indus at Guddu and Bangla Ichha were quite a long way from their area.

They said the wedding party was crossing the Indus strip from this location because it was considered safe. The neighbouring areas are notorious for gangsters who kidnap people for ransom.

Police spokesperson Saif Ali Wains told Dawn that initially, a Machka team reached the spot and rescued more than 45 passengers with the help of locals. He said initial information about the incident was received quite late because the site was in the middle of the river and there was no cell phone reception in the area.

APP reported that Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed his deep grief over the loss of precious lives. In a statement via his Twitter handle, the prime minister prayed for the departed souls.

DAWN

 

[Hitman]

Devastating. RIP to the deceased.

 

[MenInG]

At least 39 people were killed after a passenger coach fell into a ravine in Balochistan’s Lasbela on Sunday morning, according to officials.

Lasbela Assistant Commissioner Hamza Anjum, while confirming the incident, told Dawn.com that the vehicle, with nearly 48 passengers on board, was travelling from Quetta to Karachi.

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[SalimBhai]

At least 39 people were killed after a passenger coach fell into a ravine in Balochistan’s Lasbela on Sunday morning, according to officials.

Lasbela Assistant Commissioner Hamza Anjum, while confirming the incident, told Dawn.com that the vehicle, with nearly 48 passengers on board, was travelling from Quetta to Karachi.

DAWN

Terrible news. Rip

 

[MenInG]

More than 50 people have been killed in two separate travel-related accidents in Pakistan on Sunday.

At least 41 people died when a bus fell into a ravine and caught fire in the south-west, while in the north-west at least 10 children drowned in a boating accident.

All the dead recovered so far at the lake were aged between seven and 14.

At the bus crash site, a local official said the bodies were "beyond recognition".

The crash occurred near the southern city of Bela, in Balochistan Province, when it was travelling to the port city of Karachi.

Local official Hamza Anjum told AFP news agency that 40 bodies were found alongside three injured people, one of whom died shortly after. The two remaining survivors were in a "serious" condition.

The bus reportedly hit a pillar on a bridge before the crash.

"We will investigate the causes of the accident," Mr Anjum said, adding that DNA tests would be used to determine the identity of the remains.

The boat capsized on Tanda Dam, a lake near Kohat in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, close to the border with Afghanistan.

Local police official Mir Rauf told AFP that as well as the 10 who died, 11 children had been rescued, with six in critical condition. Another nine are believed to be missing.

BBC

 

[Abel Reames]

https://www.theguardian.com/global-...ar/11/pakistan-fatalistic-culture-road-deaths

This is a fascinating article regarding the attitude towards road deaths in Pakistan. Basically the jist is that the deaths were pre-ordained by the divine and nothing could be or can be done by anyone to avoid them.

In contrast here in the UK after a major accident reports are compiled, recommendations are made to reduce the chances of a incident happening again.

 

[MenInG]

At least 21 people were killed on Tuesday night while 12 others were injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ditch after colliding with a car on the Karakoram Highway in Shitial area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Kohistan district.

Express Tribune

 

[MenInG]

At least 14 members of a wedding party, including women and children, were killed and 46 injured late Sunday night, after a bus overturned on the Lahore-Islamabad motorway near Kallar Kahar.

The bus hit two other cars and a truck on the opposite track. According to the police, the wedding party was going back to Lahore from Islamabad when their bus veered off the road apparently due to a tyre burst.

Motorway police spokesperson Ayesha told Dawn.com that 13 wounded persons are in critical condition. “All of them have been moved to hospitals in Rawalpindi and Islamabad.”

The spokesperson said that 49 people were aboard the bus and the police were suspecting negligence by the driver as the reason for the accident and further investigations were under way.

DAWN

 

[MenInG]

At least 13 people, including five women, were killed and 31 others injured when a bus veered off the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway and overturned near Kallar Kahar on Saturday, official and rescue sources said.

The incident came as a grim reminder of the February tragedy, when a bus had hit two cars and a truck before falling into a ravine near Kallar Kahar, leaving 14 members of a wedding party, including women and children, dead and 64 others injured. The apparent cause of that crash was a burst tyre.

This time, police said, driver lost control over the steering apparently due to a ‘brake failure’.

According to officials, two lanes of the motorway were closed for traffic after the accident.

 

[MenInG]

In the aftermath of the deadly bus accident near Kallar Kahar, which claimed 13 lives and left more than 30 people injured, a criminal complaint has been filed against the bus driver and its owner, among others, it emerged on Sunday.

Yesterday, a bus veered off the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway into the opposite lane and overturned near Kallar Kahar.

The first information report (FIR), a copy of which is available with Dawn.com, was filed on Saturday evening by Motorway Police Officer Muhammad Bilawal at the Kallar Kahar police station.

It names the bus driver, bus owner, manager of the Rawalpindi station (from where the bus departed), manager of the bus company’s station and the motor vehicle examiner as those who are responsible for the accident.

 

[BouncerGuy]

One student dies, 14 injured as school bus crashes near Shahdra

ISLAMABAD: In a devastating incident on Saturday, a school bus carrying students from Sheikhupura to Islamabad met with a tragic accident near Shahdra. The bus veered out of control, resulting in the death of one student and injuries to 14 others.

According to reports from both the police and rescue sources, the school children were on a picnic trip to Islamabad when the unfortunate mishap occurred within the jurisdiction of Shahdra. Swift action was taken as soon as the incident was reported, with rescue teams immediately dispatched to the scene.

The injured students were promptly shifted to the Federal Government Services Hospital (Poly Clinic). The rescue teams worked diligently to ensure the safe transportation of the children, highlighting the coordinated efforts in responding to such emergencies.

The bus was carrying more than 40 children at the time of the accident. This incident has left over 14 students injured, and tragically claimed the life of one student, as reported by rescue sources.
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One student dies, 14 injured as school bus crashes near Shahdra | The Express Tribune

School children were on a picnic trip to Islamabad when the unfortunate mishap occurred

tribune.com.pk

 

[BouncerGuy]

These accidents are increasing in number with every passing day. Is it the fault of drivers in Pakistan or some other vehicle-related issue?
Whatever it is, people have to be more careful. We cannot keep losing people especially these children who are the future of this country.

 

[FearlessRoar]

In a tragic traffic accident on CPEC road in Attock’s Fateh Jang, four people, including three brothers, were killed while another brother and kid were seriously injured. The condition of the fourth brother is critical.

According to the rescue1122 sources, four people including three brothers from Pindi Gheb died as a result of a tragic traffic accident near Kot Fateh Khan, a few kilometres from Fateh Jang Interchange on CPEC, while the fourth brother and a child in the vehicle were seriously injured.

A total of six people including a woman and a two-year-old child were travelling in the car which collided with the trailer in front of it, as a result of which three brothers Ehtsham Hasan, Sufyan and Mohammad Kashif resident of Dhok Pandigheb died on the spot while the fourth brother Rashid was seriously injured.

A 26-year-old woman Atiya also lost her life while her two-year-old son Arif was seriously injured.

As soon as the accident was reported, the Motorway Police, Rescue 1122, and Fateh Jang Police reached the spot, cut the car and shifted the dead bodies and injured to THQ Hospital Fateh Jang.

The fourth brother Rashid and Kid Arif were referred to Rawalpindi Benazir Bhutto Shaheed Hospital in critical condition.

Source: Express Tribune

Four die in tragic car-trailer collision | The Express Tribune

Fourth victim's condition critical

tribune.com.pk

 

[Hassan A]

According to Media sources:

A fire tore through a shopping mall in the southern Pakistani city of Karachi on Saturday, killing 10 people.

Geo News said the blaze started early in the morning at the multi-storey RJ shopping mall in Pakistan's most populous city.

Karachi Mayor Murtaza Wahab Siddiqui said in a post on social media platform X that 10 people had been killed and 22 injured in the fire.

"Fire had been extinguished & cooling process is going on," Siddiqui said in the afternoon.

The cause of the blaze was not immediately clear.

 

[Cricket Warrior]

5 dead, 10 injured in Bahawalpur bus accident on National Highway

Five people were killed and ten people were injured as a passenger bus bound from Lodhran to Karachi collided with an oncoming cotton bale trawler on the National Highway in Bahawalpur on Wednesday night, according to rescue officials.

Rescue 1122 District Emergency Officer Baqir Hussain told Dawn.com that the accident took place near Karachi Mor on the National Highway.

Another truck laden with machinery was also involved in the accident as it subsequently crashed into the bus and the trawler, he said.

According to a preliminary report, five people died at the spot while ten injured were moved to Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital (BVH) by Rescue 1122, Hussain said.

Rescue 1122 District Emergency Officer Baqir Hussain told Dawn.com that the accident took place near Karachi Mor on the National Highway.

Another truck laden with machinery was also involved in the accident as it subsequently crashed into the bus and the trawler, he said.

According to a preliminary report, five people died at the spot while ten injured were moved to Bahawalpur Victoria Hospital (BVH) by Rescue 1122, Hussain said.


“In the accident that took place near Karachi Mor, the total number of dead that were brought to us was 5, and there were 10 injured of which 4 are serious patients who require critical monitoring,” BVH Medical Superintendent Dr Amir Bukhari said in a video message.

“We have declared an emergency in the BVH hospital,” he added.

Punjab interim Chief Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressed regret for the loss of lives and extended his condolences to the families of the deceased.

Naqvi instructed the district administration to provide the best medical facilities to the injured and also sought a report on the accident.

5 dead, 10 injured in Bahawalpur bus accident on National Highway

CM Naqvi summons report, orders district administration to provide the best medical facilities to injured.

www.dawn.com

 

[BouncerGuy]

Two brothers among three crushed by speeding bus

KARACHI: A speeding coaster collided with two motorbikes, resulting in the tragic deaths of three individuals, including two brothers, and causing injuries to two others on Bagh-e-Korangi Road.

Two victims, Abdul Wahab, aged 28 and Abdul Kamoon, aged 32, real brothers, died on the spot. Muhammad Ali, 27, Afzal Ali, 34, and Mazhar, 19, were injured. Afzal Ali later died during treatment at Jinnah Postgraduate Medical Centre (JPMC).

The accident involved a private firm-owned coaster, whose driver fled the scene immediately after the collision. Sharafi Goth police station SHO Mehboob Ullah revealed that brake failure is suspected as the cause of the crash. The final determination of the accident’s cause will be made following the examination of the coaster by a motor vehicle inspector. The damaged coaster and motorcycles were moved to the police station for further investigation.

Locals at the scene expressed concerns about removing speed breakers designed for Green Line buses, attributing an increase in daily traffic accident fatalities to this alteration.

Two brothers among three crushed by speeding bus | The Express Tribune

Two brothers among three crushed by speeding bus

tribune.com.pk

 

[BouncerGuy]

At least two passengers dead as Parachinar-bound bus comes under attack in Hangu

A passenger bus travelling from Peshawar to Parachinar in Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa’s Hangu came under attack by unidentified assailants, resulting in the death of two passengers and leaving four others injured, Express News reported.

According to local police, the bus was en route to Parachinar when it was targeted by armed individuals within the jurisdiction of the City Police Station.

As a consequence of the firing, two passengers lost their lives on the spot, while six sustained severe injuries. The wounded were promptly transferred to DHQ Hospital Hangu for immediate medical assistance.

District Police Officer (DPO) Nisar Ahmed Khan visited the hospital, expressed condolences, and said that a search operation to apprehend the perpetrators has been initiated.

Hospital authorities report that the condition of the four injured passengers is critical.

Earlier this month, at least 10 people lost their lives and 25 others were injured when a passenger bus came under gunfire by unidentified men on Karakoram Highway in Chilas town, Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan.

Diamer Deputy Commissioner Captain (retd) Arif Ahmad said the tragic incident occurred at 6:30pm in the Hudur area of Chilas when the bus came under fire and went on to collide with an oncoming truck.

No group had claimed responsibility for the attack and the motive for the shooting was not clear.
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Two passengers dead as Parachinar-bound bus comes under attack | The Express Tribune

Four people were also wounded in the incident, and their condition is said to be critical

tribune.com.pk

 

[BouncerGuy]

Child patient dies in ambulance-truck collision on highway

HYDERABAD: In yet another accident of an ambulance on a highway, in a short span of four days, another child patient being shifted from one city to another for urgent medical treatment lost her life.

The accident, which claimed the life of a child Owaisa Jatoi and left six injured, happened in Nau Dero in Larkana district on Friday.

The police said the ambulance was struck by a mini truck whose driver escaped from the spot leaving the vehicle behind. Three women and as many men were injured, who were shifted to Chandka Hospital Larkana.

The Jatoi family belonged to village Sadullah Jatoi in Sukkur. They were taking their child to Larkana in an ambulance but met with an accident on the way. The police have yet to register the FIR.

Earlier, on January 8, two-year-old Uroosa Fatima, daughter of Riaz Khaskheli, 55 years old Panah Khaskheli, wife of Muhamamd Ameen Khaskheli, and the ambulance driver Javed Ali Wagan were killed an accident with a truck.

That ambulance, which was also shifting a patient from Larkana to Karachi, met a fatal accident on the Indus Highway in Jamshoro district. Four persons were injured.
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Child patient dies in ambulance-truck collision on highway | The Express Tribune

Accident claims one life, left six injured

tribune.com.pk

 

[BouncerGuy]

One killed, 39 injured as bus overturns in Dir

One passenger was killed while 39 others were injured, five of them critically, when a bus overturned on Khazana Bypass Road here on Monday and fell into a ditch in the jurisdiction of Munda police station.

The accident occurred as driver Attaullah lost control of the bus on the way from Karachi to Bajaur. The Rescue 1122 teams rescued the passengers and shifted them to the district headquarters hospital in Timergara. Five of them were referred to Peshawar’s hospitals due to critical condition.

Additional deputy commissioner Jan Mohammad and additional assistant commissioner Tariq Khan supervised the rescue operation.

Meanwhile, Lower Dir DC Wasil Khan along with additional assistant commissioner Hazrat Bilal visited the hospital and inquired after the injured. He directed doctors and paramedics to provide the best possible care for them.

The police registered a case and began an investigation.

SOURCE: DAWN

 

[BouncerGuy]

17 killed as truck carrying pilgrims plunges into ravine in Balochistan’s Hub

At least 17 people were killed while over 40 sustained injuries after a truck carrying pilgrims plunged into a ravine in Balochistan’s Hub district on Wednesday, officials said.

Hub Assistant Superintendent of Police Ahmed Talha Wali confirmed the death toll and injuries to Dawn.com. He said the truck, carrying 50 people, was en route to the Shah Noorani shrine in Khuzdar from Thatta.

He said the incident took place at 10pm last night, adding that critically wounded persons had been referred to the Jam Ghulam Qadir Hospital in Hub and Civil Hospital’s Trauma Centre in Karachi.

Earlier, Manan Baloch, the Edhi Foundation’s Hub in-charge, said that the rescue operation to retrieve the bodies and injured concluded Thursday morning.

Meanwhile, Deputy Commissioner Munir Ahmed told AFP that the truck was overspeeding and went out of the driver’s control while negotiating a turn.

In a statement issued earlier today, Balochistan Chief Minister Mir Sarfraz Bugti expressed deep grief and sorrow over the loss of precious lives, according to state-run Radio Pakistan.

He directed officials to provide the best health facilities to injured people.

Sindh Chief Minister Murad Ali Shah also expressed deep grief at the high number of casualties and prayed for the families of the deceased. He also visited the Civil Hospital’s Trauma Centre and met with the injured persons.

Speaking to the media outside the facility, he said 40 people had been discharged so far while five were in critical condition. “All efforts are being made to provide the best medical facilities to the injured,” he added.

Separately, the president and prime minister extended condolences to the grieving families and prayed for the speedy recovery of the wounded.

Road accidents with high fatalities are common in the country due to lax safety measures, poor driver training and decrepit transport infrastructure.

Passenger buses and trucks are frequently crammed to capacity and seatbelts are not commonly worn, meaning high death tolls from single-vehicle accidents are common.

According to the World Health Organisation estimates, more than 27,000 people were killed on Pakistan’s roads in 2018.

In January last year, 41 people were killed when their passenger bus, which was also loaded with containers of flammable oil, plunged into a ravine in Balochistan province and burst into flames.

SOURCE: DAWN