A vehicle transporting tourists to Kumrat lost control in the Braikot area and plunged into a deep gorge, resulting in the death of one young person on the spot. Six others sustained serious injuries.
Upon receiving information about the accident, the Rescue 1122 Upper Dir Control Room promptly dispatched emergency rescue teams along with four ambulances to the scene. The rescue personnel administered first aid to the injured individuals before transferring them to Timergara Hospital by ambulance.
The injured passengers are from Peshawar.
Read also: Heavy rains across Pakistan; flash flood and landslide warnings issued
The Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD) has issued a warning for widespread rain, wind, and thundershowers expected across several regions of the country from the night of July 06-08.
The wet spell is likely to bring heavy to very heavy rainfall at various locations, with potential risks of flash floods, urban flooding, and landslides, particularly in the northern and hilly areas.
Rain-wind/thundershowers are likely in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Punjab, northeastern and southern Balochistan, southeastern Sindh, Kashmir, and Islamabad.
Isolated heavy downpours are expected in Upper Punjab, the Potohar region, Islamabad, Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Kashmir, and northern Balochistan.
The Met Office has warned that heavy to very heavy rains may generate flash flooding in local streams and nullahs of Murree, Galliyat, Mansehra, Kohistan, Abbottabad, Buner, Chitral, Dir, Swat, Shangla, Nowshera, Swabi, Mardan, Islamabad, Rawalpindi, hill torrents of D.G. Khan, northeastern Punjab, Kashmir, and parts of Balochistan. The risk of landslides and mudslides is high in vulnerable mountainous areas of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, Murree, Galliyat, and Kashmir, which may cause road closures and travel disruptions.
