CHITRAL: Some eight people reported to died in a road misshape while 9 injured badly. It is reported that 6 people died and 9 people were injured in a tragic road accident in Chitral. The injured were taken to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Drosh where they are undergoing treatment. According to details, a double cabin Datsun was coming from Dir and going to Damil-Nasar met with an accident at Kochhangul near police station Ashriat as a result of which, according to unconfirmed reports, 5 people have died including 2 children and 3 women and 9 people have been injured. However, according to Rescue 1122 Emergency Officer Zafaruddin, five people have been confirmed dead so far and their team is busy picking up the injured and the dead after reaching the accident site. He further said that those injured in the accident are being taken to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Drosh, which is the nearest hospital. According to reports, there are usually twenty people setting in this Datsun and it was going towards Damil Nasar. Traveling through earthen road which is most risky. According to Rescue 1122 media section some 25 people were travelling in this vehicle which belongs to one family
The accident took place around 1.40 pm where according to unconfirmed reports, 5 people died and 9 people were injured in the accident.
The injured are being brought by Rescue 1122 to THQ Drosh in 02 vehicles of Rescue
Ashriat police station is investigating in this regard and obtaining more information is in progress. It is worth to mention here that the condition of the roads across Chitral is very bad and the contract for the road from Lowari Tunnel to Ashrit, Mir Khani was with a Pakistani construction company, Usmania, who are said to have not completed the work and The National Highway Authority had the blessing with the construction company who patronizing them. , while compared to them, the contract for the road from Lowari Tunnel towards Dir was with Sambo Company of Korea, who completed their work on time by doing very high quality work. The reason for the poor roads condition of Chitral causing These kinds of accidents frequently in which many precious lives are lost. According to latest information 3 more injured persons died in hospital and their number reached to 9.
By Gul Hamad Farooqi.
