DG KHAN: At least four teachers, including a school principal, tragically lost their lives when a school van collided with a truck in Dera Ghazi Khan, according to ARY News.
The accident took place in the Sakhi Pasroor area, where a truck crashed into a school van, resulting in four fatalities and seven injuries.
A police spokesperson confirmed that the injured and deceased were transported to DG Khan hospital.
In a similar incident, four children were killed and ten others injured when a school van collided with a tractor trolley in Pir Mahal tehsil, Toba Tek Singh. The crash occurred on Shorkot Road near the motorway bridge, where a speeding school van carrying 18 children overturned after hitting the tractor trolley, leaving four children dead at the scene and over ten others injured.
Rescue 1122 reported that the injured and deceased were moved to THQ hospital, while the driver fled the scene.
In another recent accident, three people burned to death when a car carrying Iranian petrol collided with a motorcycle near Gadani Mor in Hub, Balochistan. Police reported that a fire erupted from the collision, which fire brigade teams eventually extinguished, though both vehicles were severely damaged.