9 dead, 30 injured in bus accident on Islamabad-Lahore Motorway in Chakwal

Nine passengers died and 30 others were injured after the bus they were travelling on fell into a ditch near Balkassar Interchange in Punjab’s Chakwal district on Sunday morning.

According to a spokesperson of Chakwal Rescue 1122, the bus was heading to Lahore from Islamabad when one of its tyres burst near the Balkassar Interchange on the Islamabad-Lahore Motorway (M2).

The driver lost control of the bus, causing the vehicle to fall into a ditch and overturn.

“Nine people...