At least eight people, including a child, were killed and nine others were injured on Friday when a pickup truck carrying tourists plunged into a ravine near Babusar Pass in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, officials said.<\/p>\n
Diamer Rescue 1122 District Coordinator Shaukat Riaz confirmed the death toll to Dawn.com.<\/p>\n
Meanwhile, Chilas Deputy Superintendent of Police (DSP) Wazir Liaqat said the vehicle, carrying 16 tourists, was headed to Gilgit from Sahiwal.<\/p>\n
\u201cAfter the vehicle fell into the ravine, it caught fire,\u201d he told Dawn.com, adding that the wounded persons were being moved to the Chilas Rural Health Centre.<\/p>\n
The DSP said one body had been brought to the health facility in Chilas while the remaining were referred to Naran. He further stated that the deaths occurred due to severe injuries.<\/p>\n
Liaqat added the wounded included four women, four children and a man.<\/p>\n
Earlier this month, six people were killed and 17 others were injured when a bus carrying tourists plunged into a ravine on the Karakoram Highway near the Thalichi area in GB.<\/p>\n
Previously, five tourists were killed and 13 were injured in two traffic accidents in GB\u2019s Hunza \u2014 when a van fell into a ravine and another crashed into a mountain.<\/p>\n
Ramshackle highways, lax safety measures and reckless driving contribute to Pakistan\u2019s dire road safety record.<\/p>\n
Passenger buses are frequently crammed to capacity and seatbelts are not commonly worn or simply non-existent, meaning high death tolls from single-vehicle accidents are common.<\/p>\n
According to World Health Organisation estimates, more than 27,000 people were killed on Pakistan\u2019s roads in 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
At least eight people, including a child, were killed and nine others were injured on Friday when a pickup truck carrying tourists plunged into a ravine near Babusar Pass in the Diamer district of Gilgit-Baltistan, officials said. Diamer Rescue 1122 District Coordinator Shaukat Riaz confirmed the death toll to Dawn.com. Meanwhile, Chilas Deputy Superintendent of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":346068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-346058","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-national"},"yoast_head":"\n