TAXILA: At least 10 passengers were injured, four of them critically, when a passenger van rammed into a truck coming from the opposite direction on Rawalpindi Road near Jaffar village in the limits of Fatehjang police station on Wednesday.

Police and Rescue 1122 sources said the Kohat-bound passenger van crashed into the truck when the driver lost control of the vehicle while overtaking. Among the injured were six women.

The injured were shifted to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital from where four people were shifted to Rawalpindi due to their critical condition. Fatehjang police registered a case and launched further investigation.

Published in Dawn, December 22nd, 2022

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