TAXILA: A revenue official from Attock while his driver was injured in a road accident on Monday.

According to sources in the National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP), the accident took place after the vehicle’s driver fell asleep on the wheel on Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1) near Burhan Interchange. According to patrolling officer Mujahid Ali, Irshadullah was coming back from his native town Hafizabad to Attock when the driver Wali Mohammad fell asleep on the wheel. The deceased was a revenue official. Wali Mohammad was shifted to Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital, Hassanabdal.

Moreover, two teachers, a rickshaw driver and four children were injured when the vehicle they were travelling in crashed into a roadside pillar after the driver lost control due to speeding on G.T. Road near Hassanabdal bus stand.

Published in Dawn,May 10th, 2022