ISLAMABAD, Nov 3 (NNN-APP) – Fifteen people were killed and 10 others seriously injured, when a passenger van fell into a ravine, in Pakistan-controlled Kashmir, today, police said.
The van, carrying 25 passengers, fell into a deep ravine, when the driver tried to negotiate a sharp bend in the mountainous terrain of Kotli district, Rizwan Younus, a policeman in the district, who was dispatched to the accident site, said.
He said that, the accident happened at about 10:00 a.m. local time, and the van was destroyed completely in the incident.
Rescue work is underway and the bodies and the injured are being recovered by volunteers and rescue officials.
“The condition of all of the recovered injured people is very serious and doctors at a nearby hospital are trying hard to save them,” he added.
The van was on its way to Rawalpindi city, in east Punjab province, from a town in Kotli district, when the accident happened, Younus said.
“The van fell deep into the ravine, far away from the road, after sliding off from the mountain, and it is taking rescue teams a lot of hardship to recover the injured and the bodies,” he added.– NNN-APP
