On Thursday morning, three girls were tragically crushed to death, and one was left critically injured after being struck by a speeding vehicle while on their way to school in Gilgit’s Baseen area, officials reported.
Gilgit’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Zahoor Ahmed, told Dawn.com that a Prado, which was also carrying schoolgirls, ran over four girls walking along the Gilgit-Ghizer Highway.
Quick-thinking residents and passersby rushed to the scene and immediately transported the injured girls to the Provincial Headquarter Hospital in Gilgit for urgent medical care.
According to Raja Amaldar Hussain, the hospital’s officer-in-charge, all four girls arrived at the hospital in critical condition. Sadly, three of them—who were sisters—succumbed to their injuries, while their friend remains in critical condition and is receiving ongoing treatment.
The three deceased were daughters of a resident, Abdul Jalil, who lived close to the school.
Hussain said the bodies of the deceased had been handed over to the family.
Locals took to the streets and protested at the site of the accident, which eyewitnesses say was allegedly a result of reckless driving.
Protesters blocked the road, set the vehicle on fire, and demanded an inquiry into the incident.
SSP Ahmed said a first information report (FIR) is being registered, and an investigation into the incident is underway. He also said that a campaign against violations of traffic rules in Gilgit is underway.
A similar incident occurred in 2023 when three children were killed and as many injured when an SUV ran over them during Eid celebrations in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghanche district.
On Thursday morning, three girls were tragically crushed to death, and one was left critically injured after being struck by a speeding vehicle while on their way to school in Gilgit’s Baseen area, officials reported.
Gilgit’s Senior Superintendent of Police (SSP), Zahoor Ahmed, told Dawn.com that a Prado, which was also carrying schoolgirls, ran over four girls walking along the Gilgit-Ghizer Highway.
Quick-thinking residents and passersby rushed to the scene and immediately transported the injured girls to the Provincial Headquarter Hospital in Gilgit for urgent medical care.
According to Raja Amaldar Hussain, the hospital’s officer-in-charge, all four girls arrived at the hospital in critical condition. Sadly, three of them—who were sisters—succumbed to their injuries, while their friend remains in critical condition and is receiving ongoing treatment.
The three deceased were daughters of a resident, Abdul Jalil, who lived close to the school.
Hussain said the bodies of the deceased had been handed over to the family.
Locals took to the streets and protested at the site of the accident, which eyewitnesses say was allegedly a result of reckless driving.
Protesters blocked the road, set the vehicle on fire, and demanded an inquiry into the incident.
SSP Ahmed said a first information report (FIR) is being registered, and an investigation into the incident is underway. He also said that a campaign against violations of traffic rules in Gilgit is underway.
A similar incident occurred in 2023 when three children were killed and as many injured when an SUV ran over them during Eid celebrations in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Ghanche district.
