At least eight persons riding an overloaded pickup van died, four sustained injuries and search for the three underway, when the vehicle hitting the edge of an overpass strayed into the Chashma Right Bank Canal in Tehsil Taunsa of Dera Ghazi Khan in Pakistan on Sunday.
Rescue sources said that a speeding pickup van hit the edge of Chashma Right Bank Canal overpass while crossing it, which resulted into the death of two persons and four wounded, while nine persons were drowned as the vehicle went out of control and strayed into the canal, according to Pakistan's (Geo News).
Six bodies have thus far been retrieved, while the search for three underway. Rescue sources further said that the incident occurred due to overloading, as altogether twenty-two persons some on the rooftop were on board the vehicle. The wounded have been shifted to Tehsil Taunsa Hospital.
Source: BNA
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