20 dead, 1 injured as bus from Kahuta to Rawalpindi plunges into ditch: rescue official – Pakistan
At least 20 passengers were killed and 1 injured on Sunday when a coaster traveling from Kahuta to Rawalpindi fell into a ditch, rescue official said.
“The accident was caused due to the coaster’s failed brakes ,” Rescue 1122 Punjab official Usman Gujjar said, adding that 35 passengers were on board.
The bodies are currently being shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Kahuta, the rescue Gujjar said
Most of the victims were men, he said.
“The tragic accident occurred on the Girari Bridge of Kahuta’s Azad Pattan Road,” the official further said.
‘Sympathies with the bereaved families’
Meanwhile, President Asif Ali Zardari expressed “deep grief over the loss of precious lives in the Azad Patan bus accident near Kahuta”.
The President expressed his condolences to the families of those who died in the accident
“My sympathies are with the bereaved families in this hour of sorrow,” he said, emphasising “on the need to speed up relief activities”.
‘Deeply saddened by the loss’
Punjab Chief Minister Maryam Nawaz said that she felt “deeply saddened by the loss of 29 precious lives in the incident of the bus falling into the ditch at Kahuta”.
“May Allah exalt the ranks of those who died in this tragedy and grant patience to their loved ones,” she added.
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