Punjab Emergency Service Responds To 860 Road Crashes

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Punjab Emergency Service responds to 860 road crashes

The Punjab Emergency Service (PES), commonly known as Rescue-1122, responded to 860 road traffic crashes (RTCs) in all 36 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours.

LAHORE, (UrduPoint / Pakistan Point News - 18th Sep, 2018 ) :The Punjab Emergency Service (PES), commonly known as Rescue-1122, responded to 860 road traffic crashes (RTCs) in all 36 districts of Punjab during the last 24 hours.

In these accidents three people died and 980 were injured.

Out of the injured 604 were seriously injured requiring shifting to different hospitals.

Whereas, 373 minor injured were treated on-the-spot by rescue medical teams.

The statistics show that 223 accidents were reported in Lahore with 224 victims, 68 in Faisalabad with 77 injured and 52 in Multan with 52 victims.

According to the data, 700 motorbikes, 118 auto-rickshaws, 87 motorcars, 38 vans, 17 passenger buses, 35 trucks and 96 other types of vehicles and slow-moving carts were involvedin these accidents.