15 passengers injured after bus overturned in Haripur

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HARIPUR: As many as 15 people were injured when a passenger bus en route to Abbottobad from Swabi overturned near Haripur, local media reported on Sunday.

According to reports, five out of 15 injured are in critical condition.

The passenger bus, carrying 18 passengers, overturned near an Afghan camp about a kilometre away from Haripur when a young boy riding a bicycle came in front of the bus.

In efforts to avoid the boy, the driver applied emergency brakes which caused the bus to overturn and crash into a tree