SHANGLA/MANSEHRA: At least 12 people, including women and children, were killed and two others injured when a pickup van fell into a ravine while returning to Matta tehsil from Gabin Jabba, a tourist place in Swat, on Tuesday evening.

Rescue 1122 spokesperson Shafiqa Gul told Dawn that 14 tourists from a family were returning from Gabin Jabba in a van when it fell into a deep ravine at Lalko area of Swat. As a result, eight people were killed on the spot and four others succumbed to their injuries while being taken to hospital by Rescue 1122 teams. She said that the injured had been taken to the Saidu teaching hospital.

Those killed in the incident were identified as Imran Khan, 25, Akbar Shah, 30, Zakir Khan, 25, Shafiq Khan, 18, Abdur Rehman, 12, Shoaib Umar 15, Umar Shah, 35, Javed Umar, 25, Murad Khan, 5, Mosa Khan, 21 and two other persons whose names could not be ascertained.

Meanwhile, three female members of a family were killed when a jeep plunged into a deep ravine in Makroi area of Garhi Habibullah here on Tuesday.

The jeep carrying a family was on its way to Sehali area from Garhi Habibullah when the driver lost its control at a sharp turn and it plunged into a deep ravine.

The locals retrieved bodies and shifted them to civil hospital, Garhi Habibullah, where doctors pronounced three women dead.

The driver, Chanzeb, was referred to Ayub Medical Complex Hospital, Abbottabad.

According to police, the deceased were identified as the mother, sister and wife of Chanzeb. The police said the victim’s family was returning home after attending funeral of a close relative.

Published in Dawn, July 13th, 2022