TALAGANG: Death toll in the accident in Pathankot area near Talagang went up to 27, as two more injured persons succumbed to their wounds during treatment at a hospital.
The accident took place when a passenger bus travelling from Kohat to Raiwind plunged into a ravine while taking a sharp turn at the Talagang-Rawalpindi Road in the Pathankot area, killing 25 people and wounding another 50.
Rescue 1122 teams reached the spot and shifted the dead and injured to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Talagang. However, 16 of the critically injured passengers were shifted to Rawalpindi. The bus driver and conductor were among the dead. Rescue sources said that around 77 persons were aboard the ill-fated bus. The bus was completely destroyed in the accident.
Published in Daily Times, November 10th 2017.