PESHAWAR: A vehicle carrying Afghan families returning to the neighbouring country was swept away in a flash flood, triggered by rains, in the Landi Kotal tehsil of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa’s Khyber district on Monday, Rescue 1122 said.
Rescue workers have so far recovered the bodies of three people travelling in the car, the emergency service said, adding that the search for the others was under way.
Rescue 1122 said in an initial statement that the vehicle was swept away near Sultan Khel Market, following which rescue teams were dispatched to the site and a search operation was launched.
In subsequent statements, it said the bodies of a woman and a man were found by Rescue 1122 divers, who had the assistance of local residents, in the Jamrud town, while the body of a child was recovered from the Parang Sang area.
Separately, the roof of a room collapsed in Mardan’s Kalu Dheri village, leaving two children dead, according to Rescue 1122.
