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At least seven women and a child were killed and 13 others injured when a jeep they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep ravine near Mera village in Galiyat on Tuesday. Photo by Rashid Javed
ABBOTTABAD: At least seven women and a child were killed and 13 others injured when a jeep they were travelling in skidded off the road and fell into a deep ravine near Mera village in Galiyat here on Tuesday.
According to Galiyat DSP Jameel Qureshi, the dead and the injured women were going in the jeep from Jegan village after attending a funeral when the incident occurred at a sharp turn near Mera village. Four women and a child died on the spot.
7 women die in Galiyat road mishap
Peshawar
December 16, 2020
ABBOTTABAD: At least eight persons, including seven women, were killed and 13 others sustained serious injuries when a jeep fell into a ditch in Mera village in Galiyat on Tuesday.
According to police, the jeep, carrying 21 women, was on its way back from Jogan village when it went out of control at a dangerous turn near Mera village and plunged into the hundreds of feet deep ravine.
The women were returning after attending a funeral at Jogan village, they said, adding, five passengers, including a kid, died on the spot.
The police rushed to the spot and recovered the bodies and injured, the officials said, adding, the injured and bodies were shifted to the DHQ Hospital Abbottabad. Officials said five of the injured were taken to the Ayub Teaching Hospital Complex where one of them died and the condition of others was stated to be critical.