11 children injured as school van catches fire in Murree

The vehicle caught fire shortly afterwards and was completely gutted.Four of the injured children were in critical condition and were referred to hospitals in Rawalpindi for further treatment, while the remaining children were being treated at DHQ Hospital Murree.

Locals helped rescue the children from the van shortly after the accident, while rescue teams and firefighters reached the scene and brought the fire under control.The DPO visited the injured children at the hospital and reviewed the medical facilities being provided to them.

Police said the cause of the accident was being determined and legal proceedings were under way.Supra said a similar incident involving a van fire had occurred in Murree previously.

He added that vehicle fitness checks would also be carried out on vehicles operating in rural areas to help prevent such incidents.The latest accident came after several fatal road crashes in the Murree area in recent months.

On June 11, at least 10 people were killed and 13 injured when a passenger van carrying members of the same family plunged into a stormwater drain and caught fire on the Rawalpindi-Murree Expressway near Khajut.On August 26, five people were killed and 13 injured when a passenger bus plunged into a ravine near Lower Barian at the Murree-Galiyat junction.

Witnesses and injured passengers attributed the crash to alleged driver negligence, while relatives called for an impartial investigation.

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