A minimum of 14 individuals, together with girls and kids, had been killed early on Saturday morning when a truck carrying cargo and passengers fell right into a canal from the Galapur Bangla bridge in Punjab’s Sargodha district as a consequence of fog, stated rescue providers.
The deceased contains six youngsters and 5 girls.
In keeping with Punjab Rescue 1122 officers, the truck was touring from Islamabad to Faisalabad for a funeral when the unlucky incident happened.
“As a consequence of heavy fog, the motorway was closed, so the car took an area route. Within the space of Galapur canal bridge in Tehsil Kot Momin, the truck fell into the canal,” stated a press release from Rescue 1122, including that the truck “misplaced management due to poor visibility”.
Dense fog usually paralyzes visitors on Punjab’s motorways and main thoroughfares through the winter months.
Earlier at the moment, totally different sections of motorways, together with the M-1, M-2, M-3, M-4 and M-11 had been closed as a consequence of dense fog, in accordance with the National Highways and Motorway Police (NHMP).
The assertion added that the canal was dry, however passengers had been caught beneath the truck. The injured had been offered first assist on web site and had been then shifted to Civil Hospital Kot Momin. Rescue providers additionally shifted the our bodies to the medical facility.
“The incident was reported at 1:48am on January 17, 2025, after which rescue operations had been launched instantly,” stated the assertion.
Earlier this month, not less than 14 passengers had been killed and 16 others injured in a head-on collision between a bus carrying gamers of a college and a van on Jhang-Faisalabad street close to the Adda Faqeer Di Kulli space.
In keeping with Rescue 1122, police and the district administration, the accident occurred as a consequence of rushing by each automobiles when one was overtaking whereas the opposite was crossing a sugarcane-laden tractor trolley.
Following the incident, 4 officers of the Punjab Freeway Patrol (PHP) had been suspended for failing to cease the overspeeding automobiles.
