Six people were killed and more than fifty injured when a bus fell off a motorway bridge in Sheikhupura, near Khanka Dogran, according to Rescue 1122. Rescue teams scrambled to the area to start the rescue operations. The injured were rushed to nearby hospitals. Police reached the spot and cordoned off the area. Long lines of vehicles were witnessed on motorway following the accident.
People of nearby areas have joined the rescue operations. However, the National Highways and Motorway police (NHMP) refuted the happening of the incident on the motorway, saying the accident actually happed on Khanqah Dogran road. Sector Commander Faisal Akram said the Rescue 1122 fed wrong information to the media about the location of the accident.
According to details, at least six people were killed and more than 50 were injured on Sunday as a bus carrying pilgrims near the Khanqan Dogran Sheikhupura motorway met with an accident. A spokesperson of the district administration of Sheikhupura said that the accident occurred due to high speed, overloading and negligence of the driver. He added that the driver fled the scene before the arrival of rescue teams. The spokesperson also maintained that the Rescue 1122 team reached the site as soon as the information was received.
The injured pilgrims who were in critical condition were immediately moved to the District Headquarters Hospital Sheikhupura while others were given first aid and transferred to RHC Khanqah Dogran and Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Safdarabad. Moreover, Deputy Commissioner Sheikhupura Sarmad Taimur and Assistant Commissioner Safdarabad Ayusha Zafar supervised the rescue operation while District Emergency Officer Engineer Rana Ijaz Ahmed was in charge of commanding the operation.
