HARIPUR: Six persons were killed and 10 others injured when a passenger bus rammed into a van near the Chechiyan Interchange on the Hazara Motorway here on Sunday, the police said.

Parking of an asphalt-laying machine by the construction company on the motorway caused the accident, the police and injured passengers said.

A police official quoted the eyewitnesses as saying that a Rawalpindi-bound van coming from Abbottabad rammed into the asphalt-laying machine parked on the side of motorway.

He added the moment the van crashed against the stationary vehicle, a Lahore-bound passenger bus coming from Mansehra struck the van. He said six passengers died on the spot and 10 sustained critical injuries.

The rescue workers retrieved the bodies and the injured by cutting the mettle of the Rawalpindi-bound van.

The deceased included Sultan, Faisal, Shakil, Abdul Qayum, Zahoor Gul and Shehla Bibi. The injured were identified as Ali Raza, Abdullah, Hasnain, Abdul Rehman, Mohammad Imdad, Arifa Bibi, Samiullah, Usman, Luqman and Alam Khan.

Meanwhile, a man, identified as Anwar, was killed when he was hit by a speeding car near the Siddiq-i-Akbar Chowk here.

Published in Dawn, January 8th, 2024