Pakistanupdated 24m ago2 min read
Map11 Killed, 2 Injured After Passenger Van Plunges Into Yasin River in Ghizer
2 Asian2 Other1 Western AlternativeMap: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL · Cropped for layout
This article is an automated aggregation of coverage from news outlets. Our editorials offer in-depth analysis curated by the NewsCord team.
Eleven killed and two injured as van plunges into Yasin River near Morkah Bridge. Van was en route from Gilgit to Yasin Valley when driver lost control.
Save coverage image
Van crash in Ghizer
Eleven people were killed and two were injured when a passenger vehicle plunged into a river in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghizer district on Thursday, police said. Police said the passenger van was en route to Ghizer’s Yasin Valley from Gilgit when the driver lost control near Morkah Bridge and the van fell into the Yasin river. Police initially said rescue teams retrieved the bodies of 10 passengers, including two women, and they also rescued three injured passengers, including a child, who were taken to the Gupis Civil Hospital.
Police later said the death toll had risen to 11, including an infant, while two were injured, and police said the deceased and injured were residents of Yasin Valley. Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Amjad Hussain directed the district administration, rescue agencies, and relevant health department officials to ensure the injured were immediately transported and that no negligence occurred during rescue operations.
Conflicting death tolls
AP reported that a passenger van veered off a mountainous road and plunged into a river in northern Pakistan, killing 11 people and injuring three others, after the driver lost control on Thursday night. AP said rescuers continued a search and rescue operation into early Friday and that all 11 bodies and the three injured people had been taken to a nearby hospital. As many as 13 people, including three women, were killed and three injured when a passenger vehicle plunged into the Yasen River near Morkah Bridge in Yasin Valley of Ghizer district on Thursday night, Chitral Today said.
Rescue sources attributed the crash to the vehicle going out of control near Morkah Bridge during rain, and local volunteers shifted the bodies to a hospital while rescue activities continued at the accident site, Chitral Today said. The Times of India also cited AP and said at least 11 people were killed and three others injured after a vehicle veered off a mountainous road and plunged into a river in Pakistan-occupied Kashmir’s Gilgit-Baltistan region.
Investigation and response
Police said an investigation was under way to identify the cause of the incident, after the death toll was updated to 11 including an infant. Police directed that the injured be transported to nearby hospitals and that medical treatment and care of the injured were carefully monitored, Dawn said. Police clarified that the death toll had risen to 11, including an infant, and that law enforcement officials reported two injured people after updating the information, UA.NEWS said.
“Police have launched an investigation to determine the cause of the accident.”
The dead and injured were residents of the Yasin Valley and police had launched an investigation to determine the cause of the accident, UA.NEWS said. Amjad Hussain expressed condolences and sympathies to the bereaved families and prayed for eternal peace for the deceased while hoping for the speedy recovery of the injured, Dawn said.