22 killed by road accidents in Azad Kashmir
Pakistan Times Kashmir Desk

MUZAFFARABAD (AJK): At least 22 persons were killed in two different road accidents in AJK on Sunday.

Many of the victims were survivors of October-8 devastating earthquake. In the first accident at least 11 passengers out of 50 are reported to have drowned on Sunday afternoon when a private bus carrying them suddenly skided into the river Neelum at Chhallpaani, 13 kms from Muzaffarabad on Kahuri-Nausehri road.

Relief operators in the area said that a private bus carrying approximately 50 passengers was going from Kahuri, a small township 9 kms from Muzaffarabad on the Neelum highway, to Nausehri earthquake hit area. It skidded of the road at Challpaani narrow slope.

Eleven persons were killed and nine injured when a Rawalpindi bound Toyota Hiace coming from Bagh fell into Nullah Mahal near Arja Bridge between district Bagh and district Rawalakot.

One of the injured has been stated in a critical condition. All the injured have been admitted in Combined Military Hospital Bagh and a local hospital of Arja.

Those killed are identified as Ashfaq, Khizar Hayat, Saifullah, Daftar Hussain, Muhammed Shafat, Ummar Hayat, Sajid Hussain, Shakeel, Khalid Mehmood, Tahir Hussain and Basharat Ahmed. The driver of the ill-fated van evacuated to hospital in serious condition.●