Summary Several seriously injured as raging torrent sweeps away passenger bus carrying 60 in Haripur.
RAWALPINDI/HARIPUR (Agencies) - At least three young men were washed away in Nullah Lai near Ratta Amral on Tuesday morning.
Rescue sources said that one young man was saved, while the search for the remaining two was in progress.
Rescue staff and their divers were frantically trying to find them out from the flooded Nullah Lai where water level was fast increasing, while another spell of rain has also started.
Meanwhile, army has also been called for help in view of the grave situation emanating from the torrential rains and thereby causing flood especially in Gowalmandi area of Rawalpindi.
Meanwhile, a torrent swept away a passenger bus in the remote area of upper Khanpur on Tuesday morning.
Most passengers were recovered alive but some are feared missing. The bus was carrying over 60 passengers including women and children, police and eyewitnesses said.
DPO Haripur Nabi ur Rehman said that all passengers were recovered alive while some sustained minor injuries and have been shifted to Khanpur hospital.
He denied that any passenger was still missing.
Police and eyewitnesses said that when the bus approached the causeway of village Choee, the driver continued that way despite seeing that it was flooded, hoping to take his vehicle across.
The Rawalpindi bound bus, that was coming from Hally area in the upper Khanpur valley, broke down in the middle of the torrent and a heavy current of water swept it down the small bridge.
