Seven people were killed after a jeep plunged into a ravine approximately 1,000 feet deep near Nakian Shukar Pattian Seeri Darra in Azad Jammu and Kashmir, rescue officials said.
According to rescue sources, seven people were travelling in the vehicle when the accident occurred. Rescue teams, accompanied by a medical rescue vehicle, rushed to the scene and launched a recovery operation.
The operation proved challenging due to the depth of the ravine. However, rescue workers eventually recovered the bodies of all seven victims. The cause of the accident has not yet been determined, rescue officials said.
Names of deceased
The victims were identified as jeep driver Abdul Waheed, Muhammad Khalid, Shafaat Hussain, Fayyaz Ahmed, Saad Riaz, Azam Riaz and Iftikhar Ahmed.
Four children killed in Neelum Valley road accident
In a separate incident a day earlier, four children were killed and four others injured after a vehicle carrying children fell into the Neelum River in Azad Kashmir.
According to rescue sources, the vehicle was travelling from Nagdar towards Athmuqam when the accident occurred near the Ghore Nakka area of Nagdar. All the children involved belonged to the same family.
Rescue teams and personnel from relevant agencies reached the scene and launched relief operations. The bodies of four children were recovered from the river and shifted to a local hospital.
The deceased were identified as Hasnain, 12, and Zareed, both sons of Zahoor; Teefu, 10, son of Mashkoor; and Aleen, daughter of Mashkoor. The injured were identified as Rashida Bibi, wife of Zahoor; Mashkoor, 50, son of Zafarullah; Abdullah, 9, son of Mashkoor; and Aiman, 12, daughter of Zahoor. They were taken to a local hospital for medical treatment.
