{"id":71057,"date":"2026-01-16T16:57:10","date_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:57:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71057"},"modified":"2026-01-16T16:57:10","modified_gmt":"2026-01-16T11:57:10","slug":"passenger-van-plunges-into-river-during-snowfall-in-upper-chitral","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71057","title":{"rendered":"Passenger van plunges into river during snowfall in upper Chitral"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Fresh snowfall has begun in the upper regions of Chitral and several areas of Lower Chitral, leading to a sharp drop in temperatures and intensifying the cold weather.<\/p>\n<p>According to local administration and residents, snowfall is continuing in Garam Chashma, Yarkhun, Chiran, Booni, Mastuj, Moor Koh, and Torkhow, while roads in hilly areas have become slippery, causing travel difficulties.<\/p>\n<p>During the snowfall, a passenger Hiace van traveling from Peshawar skidded off the road near the Koraragh area and fell into the Mastuj River due to slippery conditions.<\/p>\n<p>Rescue officials said that one person lost his life in the accident, while ten others sustained injuries. 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According to local administration and residents, snowfall is continuing in Garam Chashma, Yarkhun, Chiran, Booni, Mastuj, Moor Koh, and Torkhow, while roads in hilly areas have become [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":71058,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[30,16],"tags":[],"ppma_author":[213],"class_list":{"0":"post-71057","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-latest","8":"category-pakistan"},"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Passenger van plunges into river during snowfall in upper Chitral<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"http:\/\/chinaurdu.com\/eng\/?p=71057\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Passenger van plunges into river during snowfall in upper Chitral\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Fresh snowfall has begun in the upper regions of Chitral and several areas of Lower Chitral, leading to a sharp drop in temperatures and intensifying the cold weather. 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