Two people died while 25 others were injured after a 22-wheeler trailer carrying Afghan families overturned in Pakistan’s Punjab province, local media reported.
Naeem, police spokesman of Attock where the incident happened, said that the trailer with five Afghan families aboard, was travelling to Afghanistan, Dawn newspaper reported.
“The vehicle overturned after one of its tyres burst,” the official said.
A statement issued by Attock’s Hazro Town police identified the deceased as 55-year-old Salman Khan and 60-year-old Bibi Gul. It said the bodies and wounded persons were immediately moved to the Tehsil Headquarter Hospital Hazro.
Meanwhile, four critically injured people were referred to Rawalpindi.
Return of Afghan refugees from Pakistan has increased following the announcement of illegal migrant crackdown.
