Four persons including two women lost their lives in a horrible head-on collision between a speedy car and a truck at Kotla Morr in the jurisdiction of Rawat Police Station in Rawalpindi. The deceased were identified as Junaid Ahmad, Saba, Miss Waqar and Mohammad Junaid. Police sources said that the truck was coming from Chak Beli while the car was heading towards Chak Beli from Rost area. Soon after receiving report of the accident, heavy contingent of police reached the area and shifted the dead bodies to a hospital for autopsy.

The driver of the truck managed to escape from the scene leaving his vehicle behind.As many as 1,427 road traffic accidents were reported to Rescue 1122 in Rawalpindi district in January in which 19 people were killed. Spokesman for the emergency rescue services recently said that a total of 1,616 people fell victims to these accidents, however, the emergency rescue Service Rawalpindi provided timely services to all victims. 

Rescue Service Rawalpindi reached all accidents on time, maintaining the average response time, he said. In these road traffic accidents, 19 people were killed, 718 were seriously injured, and 879 were slightly injured. Majority of these road accidents involved car and motorcycle riders. Causes of accidents included speeding, careless driving, wrong turns and tyre blowouts. The spokesman said that most of the victims of these accidents are between the ages of 11 and 40. Efforts by the Rescue Service Rawalpindi were underway to reduce road traffic accidents.

Credit: Independent News Pakistan (INP)