Eight people were killed and 30 others were injured on Friday morning when a passenger bus travelling from Gilgit-Baltistan to Rawalpindi collided with a dumper truck near Havelian Interchange on the Hazara Motorway in Abbottabad district. The injured, among them five children and six women, were taken to hospitals in Abbottabad, where four were reported to be in critical condition. Rescue officials said a tyre burst may have caused the driver to lose control, but that account has not been confirmed and the Motorway Police have opened an investigation into the crash.
What happened near Havelian Interchange
The crash took place early on Friday morning, 6 November, on the Hazara Motorway near Havelian Interchange. The bus was travelling from Hunza towards Rawalpindi when it struck the dumper truck. A spokesperson for the National Highways and Motorway Police confirmed the collision and said an investigation had been launched to establish the circumstances and the exact cause of the crash. Early reports of the toll varied, with some outlets initially reporting seven dead, but officials later confirmed eight deaths and 30 injured. The Hazara Motorway is the main road link between the capital region and Abbottabad and the northern districts, and the stretch near Havelian carries heavy passenger traffic from Gilgit-Baltistan to Rawalpindi and Islamabad every day.
Rescue teams reach the scene
Rescue 1122 Abbottabad sent seven ambulances and a rescue vehicle to the crash site, and the response was led by District Emergency Officer Hafeezur Rehman. The injured were shifted to Ayub Medical Complex in Abbottabad for treatment, while the bodies of the dead were taken to hospitals in Havelian and Abbottabad for medico-legal formalities. Deputy Commissioner Abbottabad Hamidullah Khan directed the administrations of Ayub Teaching Hospital, District Headquarters Hospital Abbottabad and Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Havelian to mobilise their medical resources at once and ensure the best possible treatment for the victims. Hospital staff worked through the morning as the injured continued to arrive, and officials said the emergency departments had been put on alert to handle the rush.
The dead and the injured
Five of the eight people who died were at Ayub Teaching Hospital. Three of them were brought dead and two died during treatment. Two more bodies were taken to District Headquarters Hospital Abbottabad and one to Tehsil Headquarters Hospital Havelian, taking the death toll to eight. Officials said the people who died belonged to Gilgit. The 30 injured included 19 men, six women and five children. Four of the injured were reported to be in critical condition. The names of the victims had not been published in early reports. Reports differed slightly on where the bus had started its journey: The News reported it was travelling from Hunza, while other reports described it as a Gilgit-to-Rawalpindi service. Both accounts agree on the route, the place of the crash and the toll.
What caused the crash?
According to the preliminary account from Rescue 1122, the bus suffered a tyre burst before the driver lost control and the vehicle struck the truck. That remains only an initial account. Officials have stressed that the cause has not been confirmed and no final investigation finding has been issued. The Motorway Police investigation will determine what actually happened on the stretch of motorway near the interchange. Until its findings are released, the tyre burst should be treated as a reported possibility, not an established cause. Investigators will also look at the condition of the bus and the dumper truck and the statements of survivors and witnesses before reaching any conclusion.
A second crash on the same day
The Hazara Motorway crash was not the only deadly road accident that day. In a separate incident in the Darya Khan area of Bhakkar, a tractor-trolley overturned on Haitu Khusur Road, killing four people, including two women and two children. Together, the two crashes killed at least 11 people and injured more than 30, according to rescue officials. The toll was a grim reminder of the dangers on Pakistan’s roads, where a single mechanical failure or a moment of lost control can turn an ordinary journey into a tragedy. A recent Pakpattan bus crash, in which 11 people were killed when a bus collided with a truck, showed the same pattern of heavy loss on a routine intercity route. The Motorway Police investigation into the Hazara crash is continuing, and hospital officials are expected to update the condition of the critically injured. This article will be updated as officials release more information.
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