Five members of a family among 12 killed on road; truck driver blamed for accident
The deceased also included three members of a family from Rawalpindi. One of the passengers told ChitralToday that the accident occurred due to the fault of the driver of a truck coming from the opposition direction (from Chitral side). He said the ill-fated vehicle and another coaster following it flushed the truck driver to give way as the coasters were carrying passengers but the truck did not stop and proceeded towards the coasters downward near a bend called Asmani Mor. As a result, the two coasters had to move back for about 20 metres. When the helper of the coaster was signaling his driver to cross the truck, it slipped off the narrow road and fell into the 46-foot-deep ravine. The coaster was carrying 24 passengers when it left Rawalpindi on Saturday evening. According to the Upper Dir police, those who lost their lives were: Zar Nabi, son of Sher Khan, a resident of Shagram Terich, and settled in Gujranwala; Mohibur Rehman, son of Sher Khan of Shagram, and three children of Zar Nabi. Beside, Sirajuddin, son of Nizmuddin, of Osiak, Drosh; Syed Haibatullah, son of Syed Zafar Ali Shah of Gulshanabad Rawalpindi; Syed Kalimullah, son of Syed Haibatullah of Rawalpindi; Sadia, daughter of Syed Haibatullah of Rawalpindi; Amir Islam, son of Mohammad Islam, Bajaur; Mohammad Shafi, son of Ghulam Nabi of Kosht, were also among the dead. The police identified the injured as Bashiruddin, son of Azizuddin of Chiral town, Hajra Bibi, wife of Zar Nabi, Mulkhow, Hamira Bibi, wife of Taufiq of Drosh, Asifuddin, son of Halimuddin of Mulkhow, Shahid Iqbal of Chitral, Aamir, son of Mohamamd of Karachi, Naqash, son of Shamshad Masih of Faizabad Chiral, Tanwirullah, son of Nasirullah, Drosh, Nadia, daughter of Haibatullah Rawalpindi and Mohammad Usman, son of Azizul Haq of Toba Tek Singh Punjab. Four of the injured were sent to Timargarah from where they were referred to Peshawar due to their critical condition.]]>
Very sad and an unfortunate incident. May Allah rest the departed soul in eternal peace.
It is really shocking to hear about this huge loss of precious lives both from Chitral and down country. May Allah bless the departed souls with eternal peace and grant enough courage to the bereaved families to bear this shock and loss (Ameen).
It is a very shocking incident. May Allah Almighty shower His mercy upon all the departed souls and bless fast recovery to all the injured ones. Our heartfelt condolences may please be conveyed to all the bereaved families. May Allah Pak grant courage to all the affected families to bear these heavy losses.
Very sad and an unfortunate incident. May Allah rest the departed soul in eternal peace.
the owner of such services provider should be banned or they should change their rugged vehicles, local govt of Chitral should take serious action against such culprits.
their concern is only profit generation and they even don’t think about peoples (passenger) lives, we can not blame the driver for this incident because to drive vehicle continuously for 24 hours is not an easy task:(the only responsible people are
1, MNA
2, because MPAs and all law enforcing agencies give free hand to traveler agencies without any limitition and investigation about thier passenger carrying vehicle.
there is no contribution from local govt to improve the transportation.
RIP for all those who departed from this heartrending accident. I must say that people are never safe travelling via the protracted corkscrew road of Lawari hills at any season of the year, which is influenced by many factors, some of which are pathetic conditions of vehicles, travelling long night where drivers get sleepy, uneven and risky roads with lack of side rail protections. The leadership of Chital must take some serious actions providing the basic safety for the people regarding transportation to Chitral and within Chitral as well. The unsafe roads of upper and lower Chitral have also taken the lives of hundreds of Chitralies, leaving behind a big question for the leadership for why they are not paying attention in making some blameless and safe roads. Why it is being waited to see occasions like this? Tunnel has taken more than a decade to get completed and still I am not sure how long would it take to get fully unlocked for transportation.
Allauddin Shaadab Islamabad
CRIMINAL NEGLIGENCE OF GOVT IN REGULATING THESE TRANSPORT MAFIAS WHO ARE PLAYING WITH LIVES OF THE CHITRALIS. WHY GOVT ALWAYS WAIT FOR SUCH A BIG TRAGEDY TO TAKE ACTION. CERTAINLY THIS ACCIDENT SEEMS TO BE THE RESULT OF POOR CONDITION OF THE BUS. THIS BUS NEVER REACHED ITS DESTINATIONS ON TIME WITHOUT BREAKING DOWN ON ROAD AND TORTURING PASSENGERS INCLUDING WOMEN AND CHILDREN UNDER THE OPEN SKY. THE GOVT NEEDS TO IMMEDIATELY BAN THESE RICKETY BUSES TO SAVE LIVES.
Last time i was going from Chitral to Islamabad after missing my flight, this coaster kept us waiting up till 10 hours right on Lawari Top, than near Mardan and forcefully we changed the vehicle from Mardan to Islamabad, these accidents are nowadays day to day routeen from us and should be stopped. The local government of Chitral and Bus Adda owners should immediately stopped these vehicles.
we are planning to go to chitral on a short tour by public transport what is the safest way to reach chitral and which public transport to be used for the journey from islamabad / rawalpindi