21 wounded in school van-coach collision

BATKHELA: Twenty-one persons including schoolchildren sustained injuries in collision between a passenger coach and school van in Piran area in Malakand Agency on Tuesday, police officials said.

They said that the accident occurred due to over-speeding. Up to 11 schoolchildren and 10 passengers sustained injuries in the incident. The injured were taken to a hospital in Batkhela.

The injured schoolchildren included Aftab, Mustafa, Madina Bibi, Sana Bibi, Pir Mohsin, Huma Bibi, Sapna Bibi, Fahad, Qaiser Khan, Jalus Khan and driver of the van Waheed Zada.

The injured passengers were identified as Zubair, Omar Bacha, Khanzada Khan, Muslim Khan, Hamad Khan, Siraj Khan, Lal Noor, driver Omar Bacha and two other women passengers.