Three tourists die after boat capsizes at Saifullah Lake in KP’s Kalam region: rescue officials
SWAT: A boat carrying tourists capsized at Saifullah Lake in Kalam, Upper Swat, leaving three people dead and seven others injured.
According to Rescue 1122, the control room received information about the incident and immediately launched an emergency response. Rescue teams and ambulances were dispatched to the scene without delay.
Initial reports said several people were missing after the accident. However, as rescue operations continued, it was confirmed that three people had died while seven others sustained injuries.
Preliminary information indicates that the tourists aboard the boat belonged to Punjab province.
Rescue 1122 teams reached the remote accident site, provided first aid to the injured, and shifted them along with the deceased to Kalam Hospital via ambulances for further treatment and necessary procedures.
Woman swept away by flash flood
In a separate incident, a woman lost her life after being swept away by a flash flood while accompanying her daughter to a seminary in Puran tehsil of Shangla district.
According to local residents, the incident occurred in the Gumiar Machkandi Khor area of the tehsil when the woman attempted to cross a rain-fed stream with her daughter. A sudden surge in floodwater swept both of them away.
Residents immediately launched rescue efforts and managed to save the girl, while the woman was carried away by the strong current.
Rescue 1122 teams, along with the tehsil administration and local volunteers, reached the site and launched a search and rescue operation. The girl was recovered in an injured condition, provided first aid, and shifted to a nearby hospital for treatment.
After hours of searching, rescuers recovered the woman’s body from the floodwaters. It was later handed over to her family after completion of legal formalities.
