SI killed as jeep falls into ravine in Lower Kohistan

MANSEHRA: A sub-inspector was killed, and the driver sustained injuries when a police van plunged into a ravine on Karakoram Highway in Lower Kohistan on Saturday.

“We shifted the injured police driver and the body of the SI to a nearby health facility after retrieving them from the gorge in the Shatanpari area,” a police official told reporters in Pattan, the district headquarters of Lower Kohistan.

The van was on patrol duty along the Karakoram Highway in the Jijal area when its driver lost control while negotiating a sharp turn. The vehicle skidded off the highway and plunged into the ravine.

Rescue 1122 and police personnel rushed to the spot and, after retrieving the victims, shifted them to the hospital in Pattan, where doctors pronounced Sub-Inspector Noor Mohammad dead.

The injured driver, Mohammad Zahid, who belongs to Mansehra, was referred to Ayub Medical Complex Hospital, Abbottabad, where his condition was stated to be out of danger.

According to a press release issued by the Lower Kohistan police, the district police officer expressed deep shock over the accident and offered condolences to the bereaved family of Noor Mohammad, who lost his life in the line of duty.

The funeral prayers of the deceased SI will be offered in his native village, following which he will be laid to rest with full police honours.