CHAKWAL: Two schoolgirls died and seven others were injured when a school bus carrying children met with an accident on Mianwali Talagang road early Thursday, rescue and hospital sources said.
One of the children died on the spot, while another schoolgirl succumbed to her injuries later in the hospital. Among others injured were three children, two women and a man. The injured were taken to THQ Talagang, rescue sources stated.
Earlier in May, at least four schoolchildren and a driver were killed and eight children critically injured when a speeding oil tanker had crushed a school van in Multan.