Tag: incident

  • 10 dead as bus plummets into ditch in Azad Jammu And Kashmir

    10 people have died and 13 were critically injured when the bus they were travelling in plunged into a ravine in Azad Jammu and Kashmir (AJK) on Sunday, Express News has reported. The 35 passengers in the bus were going to Gujranwala from Nairiyan, a small village in the Sudhnoti district near Kotli, for urs festivities.

    The injured were taken to Mirpur district headquarter hospital.

    Rescue personnel reached the spot after receiving information, Mirpur Commissioner Chaudhary Shaukat has said. He further stated that at least three of the 13 injured passengers are in critical condition. He added that the accident was caused by brake failure.

    Shaukat also confirmed that a large number of Jamia students reached the hospital to voluntarily donate blood for the victims.

  • 15 dead, 60 injured in bus accident near Kallar Kahar

    At least 15 people including women and children have died and over 60 were injured after a bus overturned on M2 near Kallar Kahar late on Saturday night.
    The bus was carrying wedding guests on its way to Rawalpindi. The brakes of the vehicle failed near Kallar Kahar, where the bus broke through road barriers and plowed into cars traveling on the other side of the road before overturning.
    Shortly thereafter, rescue and police personnel reached the spot and shifted the injured and the dead to a hospital. The death toll may rise as many of the injured are in critical condition.
    Prime Minister Shehbaz Sharif expressed grief on the accident and ordered that the injured should be provided all possible relief.

  • 36 people injured due to ‘severe turbulence’ on Hawaiian Airlines flight

    At least 36 people were injured, and 20 were hospitalized Sunday after a Hawaiian Airlines flight from Phoenix to Honolulu hit severe turbulence about 30 minutes before landing.

    Jon Snook, the airline’s chief operating officer, said the airline hasn’t experienced “an incident of this nature in recent history.” The flight was full, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members, he said during an afternoon news conference.
    “Medical care was provided to several guests & crewmembers at the airport for minor injuries while some were swiftly transported to local hospitals for further care,” Hawaiian Airlines tweeted.

    The turbulence occurred 15 to 30 minutes before the plane landed in Honolulu, carrying 278 passengers and 10 crew members.

  • Neighbour kills 7-year-old, dumps her body in water tank

    Neighbour kills 7-year-old, dumps her body in water tank

    Trigger warning: Murder

    A seven-year-old minor girl was killed in the Karpa area of Islamabad by a female neighbour and her male accomplice.

    According to the girl’s father, his daughter was burnt and her body was dumped in a water tank. After the incident, the minor girl’s father lodged a complaint against his female neighbour and her unidentified young abettor.

    In the First Information Report (FIR), the complainant told the police that his mother and wife along with daughter Maira went to their neighbor’s house to participate in Quran Khawani.

    The minor went up to the roof. After some time, the visitors smelled something burning. When they went to the roof, they saw a burning mattress but no sign of Maira. Later, Maira’s burnt body was recovered from a water tank kept on the roof.

    The complainant said his family members saw their female neighbour and an unidentified man fleeing the scene.

    Islamabad Police Operations Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP) has also taken notice of the incident and directed the related police officials to arrest the suspects.