Five Injured As Jeep Falls Into Gorge In Balakot

Five injured as jeep falls into gorge in Balakot

At least five people were seriously injured when a jeep fell into gorge after it skidded off road at Shogran Road late on Friday evening

BALAKOT,(Pakistan Point News - 20th Jan, 2018) : At least five people were seriously injured when a jeep fell into gorge after it skidded off road at Shogran Road late on Friday evening. Police said that a jeep bearing registration number GLT-9121 with five people on board got out of control of driver due to slipperiness caused by snowfall on the way to scenic summer hill station Shogran from Kiwai and it plunged into a deep ravine. Five people including driver Khawar s/o Babar Hussain, Shah Zaman s/o Khalid Farooq, Usman s/o Farooq and two others, all residents of Garhi Habibullah were injured in the accident. The police and dwellers of the area through joint efforts pulled up the injured from the gorge and shifted them to Tehsil Headquarters (THQ) Hospital Balakot from where they were referred to DHQ Mansehra.