- Driver identified as resident of Diamer.
- Authorities gathering victims’ details: official.
- Rescue teams continue recovery operation.
At least seven people were killed after a tourist vehicle en route to Fairy Meadows plunged into the Tattu Nala ravine in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Chilas city, police and rescue officials said on Monday.
The victims were travelling to the popular tourist destination of Fairy Meadows when their jeep met with an accident, police said.
According to police, all seven occupants, including the driver, died in the crash.
The driver was identified as Ziaullah, a resident of Darel in Diamer district, rescue officials said, adding that two of the deceased tourists were identified as Ali and Sajjad, both from Khyber Pakhtunkhwa.
Four other deceased tourists are believed to be from Punjab, with efforts underway to confirm their identities, rescue officials said.
A rescue operation is continuing to recover the bodies of those killed in the accident, they added.
In 2024, a similar deadly crash in Gilgit-Baltistan’s Diamer district killed 20 people and left 21 others injured.
The accident occurred on May 3 when a passenger bus veered off a narrow mountain road and plunged into a ravine in a remote area of the district, police said.
According to officials, the incident took place around 5:30am in the Yashokhal area along the Karakoram Highway.
The bus was travelling from Rawalpindi to Gilgit and was carrying at least 38 passengers at the time of the crash, police added.
