Tragic Incident: Five killed, 12 Injured

News Desk

Chitral: A double cabin mini truck travelling from Upper Dir to the Damil-Nasar area of Chitral met with an accident at Kochhangul near the police station in Ashriat, leaving at least five people and 12 others critically injured.

Rescue 1122 Emergency Officer Zafar Uddin informed that the road mishap occurred at around 1:30 am. He told that the bodies and injured had been shifted to the nearest hospital in Drosh.

Zafar Uddin stated that 20 people were in the mini truck when it met with an accident. The rescue officers feared that the death toll from the incident might raise as the condition of some of the injured was much critical. The emergency officer further said that the mishap took place at midnight and was reported a little late, he added.