MANSEHRA: Four members of a family were killed and 12 others injured when a car collided with a passenger van inside the Pando Dehri Tunnel on the Hazara Motorway here on Tuesday. The accident blocked vehicular traffic for hours on the motorway.

“The car, which was on way to Shinkiari from Lahore, collided head-on with an oncoming wagon, as a result of which, four people died instantly and 12 others sustained critical injures,” Abdul Rafee, a motorway police inspector, told reporters.

The family travelling in car was on way to Dotar area of Mansehra after attending a marriage ceremony in Lahore.

The Rescue 1122 and motorway police personnel shifted the dead and the injured to the King Abdullah Teaching Hospital.

The traffic resumed on the motorway after five hours when the police removed both the vehicles from inside the tunnel.

The deceased were identified as Wali Mohammad, Razia Bibi, Saima Naqash and another member of family member.

Published in Dawn, November 3rd, 2021