Layyah: Four people went missing after a boat carrying them overturned after hitting a pillar of Taunsa bridge near Mauza Dallo Nashaib, triggering a rescue operation that is still ongoing to recover the missing persons.
According to Rescue 1122 sources, the incident occurred when the boat collided with a bridge pillar and overturned in the river Indus. As a result, four people aboard the boat fell into the river and went missing.
A tractor and 40 bags of fertilizer being transported by the boat also fell into the river.
Rescue 1122 rescue boat rushed to the site from Chandia Wala Patan while an ambulance also reached there.
The rescue operation was continuing, while further details about the incident and the identities of the missing persons would be ascertained after completion of the rescue efforts, officials said.