EDIS Number: VI-20150215-47000-PAK
Date / time: 15/02/2015 04:47:36 [UTC]
Event: Vehicle Accident
Area: Asia
Country: Pakistan
State/County: State of Punjab
Location: Muridke
Number of Deads: N/A
Number of Injured: 50 person(s)
Number of Infected: N/A
Number of Missing: N/A
Number of Affected: N/A
Number of Evacuated: N/A
Damage level: Heavy
Description:
As many as 50 people including women and children were injured when a speeding bus turned turtle on Saturday. Rescue sources said that the accident took place on Muridke Road when a Faisalabad-bound passenger bus coming from Shakargarh overturned. As a result of the accident, more than four dozen passengers including women and children sustained wounds. Police and Rescue 1122 personnel rushed to the scene of the accident and shifted the injured to District Headquarters (DHQ) Hospital Sheikhpura, where according to hospital sources condition of 15 wounded people was serious.