PESHAWAR – As many as 24 children were injured when a school van collided with an oncoming truck on Thursday in Peshawar’s Matni area.
According to police and hospital administration, nine of the injured children were rushed to the Lady Reading Hospital where two of them are said to be in a precarious condition.
The concerned officials added that 15 of the injured were administered first aid at the site whereas 15 were shifted to the Government Nasrullah Khan Babar Memorial Hospital for further treatment.
The mishap came a day after schools in Sindh, Balochistan and Khyber Pakhtunkhwa re-opened after two and a half months of summer vacations.
