10 killed, 44 injured as passenger bus overturns on highway in Punjab's Rajanpur
DERA GHAZI KHAN: Ten people were killed and 44 others injured when a passenger bus overturned after hitting a road divider on the Indus Highway in Rajanpur district’s Rojhan tehsil, Rescue 1122 said. The accident occurred in the Bangla Hidayat area at around 5:45am. The bus was reportedly speeding when it collided with the divider and toppled over. The deceased include seven men, two women and a…
In a tragic incident on Monday morning, a passenger bus plunged off the road in Rajanpur district, Punjab, killing ten individuals and injuring forty-four others. The bus collided with a divider on the Indus Highway in Rojhan tehsil of the Bangla Hidayat area near 5:45 am, according to Rescue 1122. The victims included seven men, two women, and a girl.
Of the forty-four wounded, thirty-eight were treated at the Rajanpur District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital, while four critically injured individuals were airlifted to Dera Ghazi Khan and two to Rahim Yar Khan’s Sheikh Zayed Hospital.
Rescue 1122 swiftly responded to the emergency, dispatching ten ambulances and two rescue vehicles from Rajanpur, Jampur, and Rojhan. Thirty-five rescuers were involved in the operation. Rajanpur Deputy Commissioner Imran Ranjha, along with the district police officer and assistant commissioner, arrived on the scene to assess the situation and coordinate the response efforts.
Ranjha announced that a case would be filed against the bus driver and owner. On a separate incident last Monday, a speeding Toyota Corolla collided with a road divider in Multan’s Bosan Road, killing five men in their twenties and setting the car ablaze. In Punjab, an average of 14 road traffic incidents occur daily, resulting in an average of 14 deaths.
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