School bus overturns near Murree, driver killed, 30 injured
Minute Mirror says three of the injured are critical and the bus was returning to Gujranwala from a recreational trip to Murree.
A bus carrying students and staff of a Gujranwala school overturned near Shawala in Murree, killing the driver and injuring 30 people, three of them critically, Minute Mirror reported.
The bus was travelling on the Expressway Link Road and was returning to Gujranwala after a recreational trip to Murree, according to the outlet. It belonged to Al-Hamd Public Model School in Chadiyala Khurd, near Aimenabad, and about 40 students and school employees were on board.
Minute Mirror reported that the driver lost control of the vehicle, which overturned near Shawala, and that he died at the scene. Rescue 1122 teams from Murree pulled passengers out of the overturned bus, gave emergency medical help and shifted the 30 injured to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Murree, the outlet said. Local residents joined the rescue work.
The Associated Press of Pakistan reported that at least 30 people were injured and that Deputy Commissioner Murree Agha Zaheer Abbas Shirazi reached the site and monitored the operation. An official handout said 19 injured people were given first aid and shifted to Civil Hospital Murree, while 11 others were taken to private hospitals.
The deputy commissioner later visited Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Murree, inquired after the injured and directed the hospital administration to provide the best possible treatment, APP reported. Assistant Commissioner Murree Captain (r) Arshad Iqbal, the district emergency officer of Rescue 1122 and officials of the Punjab Provincial Disaster Management Authority supervised relief activities at the site.
Rescue 1122, Civil Defence, PERA Force, Municipal Committee staff and district administration officials took part in the operation, and additional district emergency resources were sent to the accident site on the deputy commissioner's orders. He directed the departments concerned to submit a comprehensive report on the accident.
Minute Mirror reported that the rescue operation was completed under Incident Commander Engineer Kamran Rashid, and that police reached the scene and began an investigation to establish the circumstances of the accident.
How the reports differ
The Associated Press of Pakistan put the injured at 30 and did not report that the vehicle was a school bus or that the driver was killed; Minute Mirror named the school in Gujranwala, reported the driver's death at the scene and said three of the injured were critical. The two reports also differ on where the injured were taken: APP, citing an official handout, said 19 went to Civil Hospital Murree and 11 to private hospitals, while Minute Mirror said all 30 were shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Murree. Minute Mirror alone named Incident Commander Engineer Kamran Rashid as supervising the rescue and reported that police had begun an investigation.
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