MANSEHRA: Three employees of a Chinese company working on the Dasu Hydropower Project were killed when a truck plunged into the Indus River in Upper Kohistan on Wednesday.
“We have retrieved the bodies from the river and shifted them to a health facility in Dasu,” District Emergency Officer of Rescue 1122, Mian Zahir, told reporters.
The vehicle, carrying employees of the Chinese company, was heading to the dam’s construction site in the Kass Camp area for a survey when the driver lost control of the steering while negotiating a sharp turn.
As a result, the truck skidded off the Karakoram Highway and plunged into the Indus River.
Local residents and Rescue 1122 personnel recovered all three bodies and shifted them to the District Headquarters Hospital.
According to the Chinese company, the deceased were identified as Zaboor Hussain, a surveyor helper from Mansehra; Attaullah, a surveyor and Mashooqur Rehman the truck driver- both residents of Upper Kohistan.
Mian Zahir stated that the bodies were handed over to their respective families after completing medico-legal formalities at the health facility.
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