{"id":113745,"date":"2026-05-26T15:22:26","date_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:22:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/?p=113745"},"modified":"2026-05-26T15:22:26","modified_gmt":"2026-05-26T10:22:26","slug":"devastating-road-crash-leaves-17-dead-several-injured-in-northern-pakistan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/devastating-road-crash-leaves-17-dead-several-injured-in-northern-pakistan\/","title":{"rendered":"Devastating road crash leaves 17 dead, several injured in northern Pakistan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>MARDAN: Footage shows wrapped bodies lined up inside the Mardan Medical Complex Hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where injured victims were being treated.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Two more of the injured succumbed to their wounds, bringing the total number of deceased to 17. Six more individuals who are injured are currently receiving treatment in hospitals,&#8221; said Ziaulislam Yousafzai, a spokesperson for Mardan Medical Complex Hospital.<\/p>\n<p>The accident took place on the <a href=\"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/pakistan\/11-killed-7-injured-in-bus-van-collision-on-swat-expressway\/\">Swat Expressway<\/a> in Pakistan&#8217;s northwestern Khyber Pakhtunkhwa province, near Mardan district.<\/p>\n<p>According to local media, a passenger bus travelling to Peshawar broke down due to a mechanical fault and stopped on the highway shoulder.<\/p>\n<p>A speeding minibus approaching from behind reportedly lost control and crashed into the stationary bus and passengers standing nearby.<\/p>\n<p>Road accidents are common in Pakistan, where speeding, weak enforcement of traffic regulations, driver fatigue and poor vehicle maintenance frequently contribute to fatal crashes on highways.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MARDAN: Footage shows wrapped bodies lined up inside the Mardan Medical Complex Hospital in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, where injured victims were being treated. &#8220;Two more of the injured succumbed to their wounds, bringing the total number of deceased to 17. Six more individuals who are injured are currently receiving treatment in hospitals,&#8221; said Ziaulislam Yousafzai, a [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":9,"featured_media":32233,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-113745","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-latest-news","category-pakistan"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113745","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/9"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=113745"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113745\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":113747,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/113745\/revisions\/113747"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32233"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=113745"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=113745"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/dailyausaf.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=113745"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}