{"id":8239,"date":"2026-07-29T10:41:38","date_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:41:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8239"},"modified":"2026-07-29T10:41:38","modified_gmt":"2026-07-29T10:41:38","slug":"22-injured-as-passenger-bus-crashes-on-swat-expressway","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?p=8239","title":{"rendered":"22 Injured as Passenger Bus Crashes on Swat Expressway"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><strong>Islamabad:<\/strong> At least <strong>22 people were injured<\/strong> after a passenger bus was involved in an accident near <strong>Chakdara<\/strong> on the <strong>Swat Expressway<\/strong>, according to the Motorway Police.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A spokesperson for the Motorway Police said the crash occurred when the bus reportedly <strong>suffered a brake failure<\/strong> while travelling near Chakdara.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Emergency responders, including Motorway Police personnel, reached the scene and provided <strong>immediate first aid<\/strong> to the injured passengers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Several of the injured were later shifted to <strong>Batkhela Hospital<\/strong> and <strong>Mardan Medical Complex<\/strong> for further medical treatment, while others received treatment at the scene.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Authorities have not reported any fatalities in the incident.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Motorway Police said preliminary findings indicate that the accident was caused by <strong>brake failure<\/strong>, although further investigation is expected to determine the exact circumstances surrounding the crash.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Road accidents caused by mechanical failures, including brake malfunctions, remain a recurring safety concern on Pakistan&#8217;s highways, prompting authorities to repeatedly urge transport operators to ensure regular vehicle maintenance before undertaking long-distance journeys.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Islamabad: At least 22 people were injured after a passenger bus was involved in an accident near Chakdara on the Swat Expressway, according to the..<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":8240,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8239","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pakistan"],"featured_image_urls":{"full":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438969_2737085_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"thumbnail":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438969_2737085_updates-1-150x150.jpg",150,150,true],"medium":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438969_2737085_updates-1-300x171.jpg",300,171,true],"medium_large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438969_2737085_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"large":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438969_2737085_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"1536x1536":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438969_2737085_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false],"2048x2048":["https:\/\/paksouch.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/438969_2737085_updates-1.jpg",700,400,false]},"author_info":{"info":["admin"]},"category_info":"<a href=\"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/?cat=3\" rel=\"category\">Pakistan<\/a>","tag_info":"Pakistan","comment_count":"0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8239"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8241,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8239\/revisions\/8241"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/8240"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8239"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8239"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/paksouch.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8239"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}