KOHISATN: Three people, including two army personnel, died and one was injured after a landslide struck a bus on the Karakoram Highway (KKH) in the Dasu area of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Upper Kohistan district in the early hours of Monday, officials said.
Speaking to media, Upper Kohistan District Police Officer (DPO) Mukhtiar Ahmad said a Hunza-bound passenger bus of the Northern Areas Transport Corporation was struck by big boulders, resulting in the deaths of three passengers.
He said two of the deceased were army personnel and one was a civilian while one person was injured. Ahmad said two of the deceased belonged to Gilgit-Baltistan while the third was from Rawalpindi.
He said the bodies and the injured were moved to the District Headquarters Hospital Dasu.
Meanwhile, the KKH was blocked at several points between Bisham and Diamer after heavy rain lashed the region on Sunday night.
Rescue 1122 spokesperson Abdur Rehman said a heavy downpour hit the area and the KKH was blocked at several points due to which passengers travelling to and from Islamabad were stuck.
The KP Provincial Disaster Management Authority (PDMA) issued a weather advisory on Monday morning saying more rains were expected in parts of the province.
It said the rains may cause landsliding, thereby increasing flow in rivers and streams, which may result in urban flooding and strong winds.
The PDMA requested the general public to avoid unnecessary travel and visiting mountainous regions in the north, as well as adopt safety precautions during bad weather conditions.
On Friday, 12 members of a family were killed in their sleep when the roof of their mud house collapsed due to heavy rainfall in Maidan tehsil, Upper Dir, a rescue official said.
