DERA ISMAIL KHAN: At least 15 people, women and children among them, were injured when a vehicle going in a wedding procession overturned due to tyre burst in Darazinda area here on Monday.

According to Rescue 1122, the incident occurred when a vehicle carrying people for a wedding ceremony from Zhob to Dera Ismail Khan suffered a tyre burst. As a result, 15 people, including six women and five children, sustained injuries.

Soon after the incident, a medical team from Dera Rescue 1122 Station 55 rushed to the site and shifted the injured to hospital after providing them first aid.

Meanwhile, body of an unidentified person was recovered from Kotla Syedian Canal on Draban Road here.

A Rescue 1122 spokesman said the body was shifted to a hospital.

Published in Dawn, August 27th, 2024

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