PESHAWAR
A truck full of cement fell into a deep ditch at Choti Pul on the main road of Peshawar and Charsadda, said an official of the Daudzai Police Station here on Saturday.
The truck driver died on the spot after falling into a deep ditch while the conductor was injured, the Police official confirmed. The truck was going to Charsadda from Peshawar. The official also confirmed that the deceased driver was from Kohat.
Soon after the accident, Rescue 1122 and local people rushed on the spot and a relief operation was started to recover the body of the driver from the truck, fell into a deep ditch. The said place was washed away in the 2022 flood which has not been repaired yet, said the local people present on this occasion.
In the 2022 flood, the small bridge collapsed here, which created a big puddle between the main road of Peshawar and Charsadda, the eye witness said.
The said place is the native area of the caretaker Chief Minister and since August 2022, more than a dozen incidents have occurred in this deep ditch on the main road, the Native people of the area said.
As a result of the incidents, there has been loss of life and property as it has been one year since the flood, yet the said bridge has not been repaired, Residents of the area told media men.
