KOHAT: Nineteen persons were injured when a coaster carrying members of Tablighee Jamaat to Raiwind Markaz in Lahore from Kohat collided with an oncoming trailer in the Talkan area on the Rawalpindi Road on Saturday night.
District health officer Dr Fazle Maula told Dawn that eight of the wounded were admitted to the rural health centre in Gumbat, while 11 were referred to the KDA Teaching Hospital.
Gumbat tehsil council chairman Sajid Iqbal said that he informed the deputy commissioner, the district health officer and also called the Rescue 1122 for immediate help of the accident victims.
He said that most of the preachers suffered minor injuries, but three of them were in precarious condition as they had broken bones and head injuries.
Rashid Bokhari, an official at the KDA hospital, said that two of the injured with broken nose were operated upon.
