A woman and a small girl among five people were perished in Dera Ismail Khan district due to rain, thunder storms, said Rescue 1122 spokesman here on Sunday. Rescue 1122 Media Coordinator Aizaz Mahmood said the thunder storms, rains caused loss of lives and damages of infrastructure in the district and its suburbs on Saturday evening.
He said a six-year-old boy son of Saif Ullah resident of Kacha Mallikhel was died after a palm tree fell on him in Kirri Khaisur area due to heavy rain and gusty winds. The child was immediately shifted to Pakistan Atomic Energy Commission (PAEC) Hospital, Chashma, Mianwali where he pronounced dead.
In another incident three women namely Khadija Bibi daughter of Sarmad, Shazia Bibi wife of Shahzeb, Bilqees Bibi wife of Ghulam got injured when the wall of a two-storey house collapsed in New Defense Colony in the limits of Sadar Police Station. After receiving the information of the incident, Rescue 1122 medical team rushed the site and shifted the injured to the hospital where Khadija Bibi succumbed to her injuries.
Similarly, two employees of PTCL namely Habib and Nasir while swimming in the Indus River drowned into it near Mufti Mahmood Eye Hospital due to sudden strong winds.
