Death toll reaches 20 as bus, tanker collided yesterday in Kohat

Author: Web Desk

KOHAT: At least 20 people were killed and 34 sustained critical injuries when a passenger bus rammed into an oil tanker on the Indus Highway near Kohat district in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) on Saturday.

According to the district police officer (DPO) Sohail Khalid, the bus was on its way to Karachi from Buner when it collided with the tanker, which was traveling on the opposite direction towards Peshawar.

Both vehicles turned turtle due to the massive impact of the collision.

Reportedly, the dwellers of the area, the Rescue 1122 teams in Kohat and the police officers rushed to the spot and began the rescue operation.

The deceased’s bodies and injured were shifted to the District Headquarters Hospital Kohat for medical attention, and according to hospital officials many of the injured, in critical state, were moved to Peshawar for treatment.

Meanwhile, the rescue officials sought Pakistan Army’s help in the rescue operation, and clear the site of accident from debris of oil tanker and bus.

The recovery team used a crane to pull out two bodies trapped under the tanker.

Also read: 17 dead, 34 injured in bus, oil tanker collision near Kohat

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