HARIPUR: Three passengers, including a woman, were killed and six others injured, four of them critically, when a jeep plunged into a ravine near Dhok Gakhran village on Kohala Road here on Monday evening.

The cause of the accident was rash driving, the Khanpur police said. They quoted the injured persons as saying that the jeep carrying nine persons was on way to Rajdahani village from Tarnawa.

The police said as the driver was speeding to reach home before Iftar he lost control over the vehicle while negotiating a blind turn near Dhok Gakhran village.

The vehicle plunged into a gorge, killing two persons on the spot and injuring seven others, including the driver.

Residents shifted the deceased and the injured to Khanpur Civil Hospital, where another injured succumbed to injuries, the police and hospital sources said.

The deceased were identified as Raja Mohammad Ilyas, Raja Mohammad Sagheer and Sughra Bibi, wife of Raja Mohammad Shoaib.

Four of the injured were referred to Haripur Trauma Centre in critical condition.

CERTIFICATES Distributed: Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Governor Haji Ghulam Ali distributed commendation certificates among the policemen for gallantly facing and arresting some hardened criminals last week.

The governor was in Haripur to attend an Iftar-dinner on Sunday hosted in his honour by Aon Ali Syed, vice-president of Federation of Pakistan Chambers of Commerce and Industry.

The governor in his brief speech appreciated the performance of the KP police and their sacrifices in the war against terrorism.

He also appreciated the role of Haripur police in curbing crime.

Provincial minister Arshad Ayub, Hazara commissioner Syed Zaheerul Islam and Syed Safdar Zaman Shah, member SAARC Chamber of Commerce and Industry also spoke.

PML-N MNA on special seat from Haripur Dr Sahista Jadoon, Peshawar Mayor Zubair Ali, office-bearers of Rawalpindi Chamber of Commerce, officials of the district administration and representatives of business community were also in attendance.

Published in Dawn, April 9th, 2024