Summary A gas cylinder exploded after the vehicle plunged into the ravine, triggering a fire that resulted in multiple casualties.
MURREE (Dunya News) – Seven people, including women and children, were killed and eight others injured when a van plunged into a ravine here on Sunday.
The injured were shifted to Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi for medical treatment, where two of them are reported to be in critical condition.
According to Nighat Bibi, a woman who survived the accident, 17 people were travelling in the vehicle when the driver lost control and the van fell into a ditch.
She told Dunya News that a gas cylinder exploded after the vehicle plunged into the ravine, triggering a fire that resulted in multiple casualties.
Nighat Bibi further said that some of the victims' bodies were badly burned and had become unrecognisable.
Rescue and medical teams responded to the incident, while the injured continue to receive treatment at Holy Family Hospital in Rawalpindi.
