DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least three people, including a woman, were killed and 11 others suffered injuries when a speeding bus overturned here on Wednesday.

According to a report released by the Rescue 1122, a passenger bus en route to Rawalpindi from Quetta overturned on Dera-Zhob Road at Parwara area of Darazinda tehsil due to speeding.

According to Rescue 1122, three people, including a woman, were killed while 11 others were injured in the accident.

Meanwhile, seven people, including women and children, were injured in a collision between a Qingqi loader and passenger bus on Dera-Chashma road near Laar Sharif in Paharpur tehsil. The medical teams of Rescue 1122 provided first aid to the injured and shifted them to a hospital.

In another incident, a speeding truck hit a donkey cart near TMA Prova office on the Indus Highway. As a result, Mohammad Subhan, a resident of Prova, who was riding the cart, was seriously injured. He was taken to the DHQ hospital where doctors referred him to Multan in a precarious condition.

Meanwhile, Sajjad Ahmed, 26, of Basti Ustrana South was still untraced after he drowned in the Indus River near Ghaffara Wali on Dera-Bakkar Road.

However, Rescue 1122 divers rescued his friend Haider, 25, after receiving information about his drowning.

Published in Dawn, July 14th, 2022