ISLAMABAD – One student was killed and 15 others injured after a school bus carrying fell into a ravine in Shahdra area of the federal capital on Saturday.
The bus was carrying students and teachers from Sheikhupura to Islamabad for a picnic trip when they met the mishap.
The rescue teams were immediately dispatched to the scene as soon as the incident was reported. The injured students were shifted to a Federal Government Services Hospital (Poly Clinic).
Reports said the incident occurred due to the negligence of the driver.
The students belonged to a private school in Sheikhupura and they were on a three-day trip to visit Khewra and Murree.
Earlier in July, five people were kileld, and nearly a dozen injured after a tourist bus fell into a ravine in Gilgit Baltistan.
The unfortunate incident had taken place near the Thalichi area of Diamer district, a mountainous region in the north of the country.
