MANSEHRA: A labourer was buried alive after an avalanche rolled down onto an under-construction house, while eleven passengers including women and children sustained critical injuries when a truck collided head-on with a mini-wagon here on Thursday.
The first incident occurred in the Taroro area of Oghi, where an under-construction house came under a heavy avalanche, burying a labourer alive under the rubble.
Mohammad Nawabzar was working with a mason during the construction of the house when he was buried alive under the mass of soil, while the latter escaped unhurt.
People rushed to the spot and, after hectic efforts, retrieved him from the rubble and shifted him to a nearby health facility,where doctors pronounced him dead.
In another incident, 11 people sustained critical injuries when a truck collided head-on with a mini-wagon in Dara area on the outskirts of the city.
Rescue 1122 personnel rushed to the scene along with two ambulances and shifted the injured to King Abdullah Teaching Hospital, where the condition of three of them was stated to be critical.
The police, after lodging an FIR, started an investigation to arrest the drivers, who, according to eyewitnesses, managed to flee.
Meanwhile, the Food Safety and Halal Authority seized a huge quantity of contaminated meat that was being transported here from Lahore, Punjab.
The authority’s personnel, acting on a tipoff, raided a coach upon its arrival from Punjab and seized 450kg of unhygienic meat. They also launched an inquiry to arrest those involved in its transportation.
Correspondent