A van threw himself down in a drain in Kasur that claimed the life of at least eight people and injured two others wounded.

The incident took place near Raiwind when 10 people returned from a wedding on Friday, local media reported.

Local police said the vehicle, which was a transport box car, lost control and fell into the drain.

Rescue teams, including staff from Rescue 1122, responded quickly on stage and transported the wounded to Kasurs Baba Bulleh Shah Hospital for treatment. The two survivors are allegedly in stable state. The victims were identified as members of the same group that attended the wedding.

Police investigation suggests that the overpower could have been the cause of the accident and the driver has been arrested. However, a statement from Rescue 1122 noted that the driver had felt drowsy at the time of the crash.

Last week, at least 16 people lost their lives when two public transport vehicles transporting pilgrims to Sehwan from Burewala, Punjab, met with deadly accidents in Khairpur and Shaheed Benazirabad districts on Saturday.

In the first accident, a bus overturned while trying to avoid a rickshaw on the national highway in the Ranipur area of ​​Khairpur district, killed 10 people and hurt about 40 others.

KHAIRPURS SSP TAUHEED REHMAN MEMON said the bus transported devoted by Hazrat Lal Shahbaz Qalandar (RA) to Sehwan, where the annual three-day urs are set to begin on February 17.

He attributed to the accident with the overpower and said the driver lost control while trying to hover past a rickshaw.

The deceased and wounded were brought to government hospitals in Gambat and Ranipur. Some of the wounded sustained serious fractures.

Local residents, rescue 1122 teams, police, national highway and highway police staff, rangers and EDHI volunteers helped pick up bodies and move the wounded to hospitals.

In another tragic incident, a van, carrying residents of Burewala from Shaheed Benazirabad to Sehwan, crashed into a truck trailer after colliding with a donkey basket on Aamri Road near Qazi Ahmed Taluka, killing six people and injuring eight others.

Pilgrims had originally arrived at Shaheed Benazirabad by train before continuing their journey to Sehwan in the bad carriage.

The dead and wounded were taken to Taluka Hospital in Qazi Ahmed, with the more critically wounded later transferred to Peoples Medical College Hospital in Nawabshah.