{"id":3475,"date":"2026-10-29T11:03:48","date_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:03:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3475"},"modified":"2026-10-29T11:03:48","modified_gmt":"2026-10-29T06:03:48","slug":"five-killed-40-injured-as-bus-plunges-into-drain-near-hafizabad","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/?p=3475","title":{"rendered":"Five killed, 40 injured as bus plunges into drain near Hafizabad"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<p><strong>At least five people were killed and 40 injured when a speeding passenger bus travelling from Lahore to Chiniot plunged into a drain near Kot Nakka in Hafizabad, rescue officials said on Thursday.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>According to initial reports, the driver allegedly fell asleep while negotiating a turn.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue teams shifted the bodies and injured passengers, including men and children, to nearby hospitals for treatment. A crane was used to pull the bus out of the drain.<\/p>\n<p>Deputy Commissioner Syed Hussain Bahadur, Assistant Commissioner Rab Dino, police and rescue officials reached the scene to oversee relief operations.<\/p>\n<p>The deputy commissioner directed hospital authorities to ensure the injured received the best possible medical care.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue operations were underway, sources said, adding that some passengers were still missing.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>At least five people were killed and 40 injured when a speeding passenger bus travelling from Lahore to Chiniot plunged into a drain near Kot Nakka in Hafizabad, rescue officials said on Thursday. According to initial reports, the driver allegedly fell asleep while negotiating a turn. Rescue teams shifted the bodies and injured passengers, including men and children, to nearby hospitals for treatment. A crane was used to pull the bus out of the drain. Deputy Commissioner Syed Hussain Bahadur, Assistant Commissioner Rab Dino, police and rescue officials reached the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-english"],"gutentor_comment":0,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3475"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3475\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ipp-news.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}