Three bodies have been recove­red, 15 passen­gers rescue­dHARIPUR: Multiple casualties are feared as a boat carrying dozens of passengers sank in Tarbela Lake in the Haripur district of Khyber-Pakhtunkhwa on Wednesday. According to officials, at least 15 people have been rescued while divers are searching for others. The boat was en route to Haripur from the Dedal Kamach area of Shangla when it went down off Burg village in the Union Council Nara Amazai. The Union Council secretary said the boat was carrying more than 100 people besides cattle heads. According to the medical superintendent of Haripur’s District Headquarters Hospital, emergency has been declared in the facility.

Source: The Express Tribune July 03, 2019 11:32 UTC