LAYYAH: At least seven people including six children and a driver were crushed to death while 15 others were injured in a collision between truck and school van on the Multan-Mianwali (MM) Road, near here on Friday morning.
Rescue 1122 sources informed APP that the accident occurred apparently due to dense fog.
They said that the van was carrying 22 school children of City Public School this morning when it collided head-on with a truck. The deceased included Muhammad Subhan (10), Maryam (2), Maria (35), Abdul Samad (15), Muhammad Maaz (14), Kamran (2) and Aleem driver (40).
The sources said that rescue teams reached the spot and shifted the injured to Trauma Centre Fatehpur immediately.
The three critically injured kids were referred to Nishtar Hospital while two others were shifted to the DHQ Layyah and the remaining kids were admitted to Trauma Centre Fatehpur.
The injured kids are identified as Umar (9), Qamar (15), Shayan (5), Asad Shahzad (8), Aisha (12), Naghma Shereen (10), Aisha Siddiqa (15), Irum Shahzadi (15), Ahmad Raza (12), Zoha Ayyaz (7), Abeeha Ayyaz (5), Shamim Akhtar (10), Khalida (30), Fatima (4) and Reehan (5). Deputy Commissioner Wajid Ali Shah visited the Trauma Centre and inquired about the health of the injured kids and directed hospital administration to provide them with the best health facilities. Deceased van driver Aleem’s daughter Maryam also died while his wife Khalida sustained injuries in the accident.
