Rawalpindi\/TAXILA(National Times)- At least seven people drowned in separate incidents in Rawalpindi and Attock, police and rescue sources said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In Attock, a 20-year-old woman died after a motorcycle plunged into a rainwater channel from a fence-less culvert, while three people, including two minor siblings, drowned in a village pond in separate incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the first incident, a young woman drowned and her father was injured when the motorcycle they were riding plunged into a rainwater channel from a fence-less culvert in the Ahmedabad area of Jand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Rescue and hospital sources said Ameer Abdullah was travelling with his 20-year-old daughter when they lost control of the motorcycle while crossing the culvert and fell into the stream.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The woman drowned, while her father was rescued with injuries and shifted to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital in Jand.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In a separate incident, three people, including two minor siblings, drowned in a pond near the Ghazi-Barotha Canal in Sarwana village of Hazro.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
According to sources, four-year-old Sher Muhammad and his 10-year-old brother, Gul Muhammad, had gone to the pond for bathing when Sher Muhammad lost control in the water.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
As he cried for help, Gul Muhammad jumped in to rescue him but also drowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Hearing their cries, a bystander, later identified as Khan Muhammad, entered the pond to rescue the two brothers but also drowned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Local residents later retrieved the bodies from the pond and handed them over to their families.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Police registered separate cases and launched investigations into the incidents.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, 11 passengers were injured when a van overturned due to overspeeding on the Islamabad-Peshawar Motorway (M-1) near the Brahma Interchange.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The injured were shifted to various hospitals in the area.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile in Rawalpindi, three minor boys, including two brothers, drowned in two incidents in the last 24 hours.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mohammad Zahid, resident of Losar, Rawat, informed the police that his two sons, Mohammad Asim, 7, and Muneeb, aged 9, drowned while bathing in rainwater accumulated near their house.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The boys retrieved from the water and shifted to Rural Health Centre Baga Sheikhan, where they were pronounced dead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
In the second incident, Hussain Ahsan, 6, drowned in a drain near Girja Road. Rescuers launched a search operation in the drain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
A spokesman for Rescue 1122 said all available resources were being utilised to search for the child.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
He said four emergency vehicles and more than 10 rescue personnel had been engaged in the operation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Meanwhile, a motorcycle rider was killed in a collision with a water tanker on a service road near Koral Chowk, while a young man, who had been shot and injured earlier, died at the District Headquarters Hospital on Monday.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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