Six dead in dumper-ambulance collision in Bannu
- By Web Desk -
- Feb 09, 2021
BANNU: At least six people have died and 10 others sustained injuries after a collision between a dumper and an ambulance on Miran Shah Road in Bannu district of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) province, ARY NEWS reported.
According to rescue sources, an ambulance was bringing a patient from the North Waziristan area of the KP province when it collided with a dumper at Miran Shah Road.
“Six people died in the collision including the driver of the ambulance,” they said adding that 10 others sustained injuries and were shifted to a hospital for medical treatment.
In another accident in the Bannu division recently, one person was killed and 20 others sustained injuries when a passenger bus overturned at Indus highway near Lakki Marwat.
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The bus was moving to Karachi from Swat when the accident occurred at Indus highway due to over speeding. The speed bus lost control and hit a tree, due to which one person was killed and 20 others sustained injuries, said police.
The rescue officials have shifted the injured to a nearby hospital for medical treatment.