Children among eight killed in separate road accidents in KP

Children among eight killed in separate road accidents in KP
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Summary A passenger van overturned in the Babaji Kandao area of Buner, leaving six people dead and seven others injured

PESHAWAR (Dunya News) - At least eight people, including children, were killed in two separate road accidents in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, while several others were injured, according to rescue officials.

In the first incident, a passenger van overturned in the Babaji Kandao area of Buner, leaving six people dead and seven others injured.

Rescue 1122 teams rushed to the scene after receiving information about the accident and launched relief operations. According to Rescue 1122 spokesperson, five ambulances and 20 rescue personnel took part in the operation.

Rescuers shifted the bodies of the deceased and all injured passengers to a nearby hospital.

In a separate incident near Tarnab Road in Charsadda, three children were run over by a truck, leaving two dead and one injured.

Acting on the directions of District Emergency Officer Ghayoor Mushtaq Khan, a Rescue 1122 ambulance responded promptly and shifted all three children to the District Headquarters Hospital in Charsadda.

The deceased were identified as five-year-old Mubeen, son of Farhadullah, and 11-year-old Saifullah, son of Sher Wali. Fourteen-year-old Yaseen, son of Farhadullah, was injured in the accident.

Initial reports said Mubeen and Yaseen belonged to Gulshan Abad Khat Korona, while Saifullah was a resident of Kheshgi.