Islamabad: As many as 37 people, mostly schoolchildren, died on Monday as an over-loaded passenger bus overturned on the on the motorway southeast of Pakistan’s capital Islamabad Monday, police said.
The bus, which was carrying pupils from a private school on their way back from an excursion, is understood to have come off the road and fallen into a ravine.
The bus overturned after its brakes failed, trapping all students and teachers inside it, DPO Syed Ali Mohsin told media. Bodies of the victims and the injured students were taken out of the vehicle after cutting open body of the bus, Kamran Rasheed, district in-charge of Rescue 1122, said.
He said all bodies and the injured people were taken to Fauji Foundation Hospital, Kallar Kahar, and DHO hospital, adding that the rescue agency was shifting some of the critically injured people to hospitals in Rawalpindi and an emergency had been declared in all hospitals concerned to cope with the situation.
An official said the driver, his helper and the vice principal of the school were among the dead.
A government official said an inquiry had been ordered and an investigation team will examine the scene of the accident on Tuesday to examine the cause.
Pakistan has one of the world’s worst records for deadly traffic accidents, blamed on poor roads, badly maintained vehicles and reckless driving.
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