This misfortune happened when Students of the Grammar School, situated in Millat Town of Faisalabad, accompanied by teachers, were returning to Faisalabad from Murree and Islamabad from a picnic. While onm the way to Faisalabad via Kallar Kahar, this tragedy struck and at that moment more than 100 students were on board the bus.
The bus overturned after its brakes failed, all students and teachers were inside it. Bodies of the victims and the injured students were taken out of the vehicle after cutting open body of the bus, Kamran Rasheed, district in-charge of Rescue 1122, said. He said all bodies and the injured people were taken to Fauji Foundation Hospital, Kallar Kahar, and DHO hospital, and the rescue agency was shifting some of the critically injured people to hospitals in Rawalpindi and an emergency had been declared in all hospitals concerned to cope with the situation.
10 bodies and 20 injured students had been taken to Fauji Foundation Hospital, 20 bodies and 50 injured students had been brought to the hospital. Dr Azam Samore, of the DHQ Hospital said. Police had been put on high alert and they were helping and coordinating with Rescue 1122. �We, along with the personnel of the Motorway Police, have tried our best to save maximum lives,� he said.
Parents and relatives of the students and teachers, shook by the tragic news, were coming to Chakwal till filing of this report late in the night.
Some of the victims were identified as Arsalan Arshad, Abu Turab, Ahsan Raza, Noman Azam Noman Faryal, Mehtab, Tajammul, Zohaib Ali and school Principal Hafeez.