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11 Killed as Van Plunges into Yasin River in GhizerPakistan
A passenger van travelling from Gilgit to Yasin Valley fell into the Yasin River near Morkah Bridge on Thursday evening, leaving 11 people dead and two injured, according to police.
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Eleven people, including an infant, were killed and two others were injured when a passenger van plunged into the Yasin River in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghizer district on Thursday evening, police said.
According to police, the van was travelling from Gilgit to Yasin Valley when the driver lost control of the vehicle near Morkah Bridge in Yasin tehsil and it fell into the river. Rescue teams and a large number of local volunteers rushed to the site as soon as the accident was reported, and a rescue operation was launched in the river.
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Rescue workers retrieved the bodies of 10 passengers, including two women, from the water and pulled three injured people, including a child, out alive. The child later died from the injuries, taking the death toll to 11, while two injured people remained under treatment, Dawn reported in an updated account of the accident.
The injured were shifted to Gupis Civil Hospital for treatment. Police said all of the people killed and injured in the accident were residents of Yasin Valley in Ghizer district, and an investigation was under way to ascertain the cause of the crash.
Gilgit-Baltistan Chief Minister Amjad Hussain expressed grief over the loss of lives in the accident. He directed the district administration, the rescue agencies and the relevant health department officials to ensure the immediate transfer of the injured to nearby hospitals and to use all available resources to provide them with the best possible medical care. He also instructed the administration to ensure that there was no negligence in the rescue operation.
Dunya News also reported the accident, saying 10 people were killed and three were injured when the passenger vehicle fell into the river in the Morka Yasin area. Dawn’s later update, citing police, confirmed that the death toll had risen to 11 after the injured child died, with two people injured.
The accident came a week after eight people were killed and 30 others were injured when a passenger bus travelling from Gilgit to Islamabad collided with a dumper truck near the Havelian Interchange on the Hazara Motorway, according to Dawn. Road accidents on the mountain routes of Gilgit-Baltistan remain a recurring concern, and police said the cause of Thursday evening’s crash was still being investigated.
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