The driver of the bus ‐ which belongs to a private transport company ‐ managed to flee the scene of the crime as an enraged mob set the bus on fire.
As soon as news of the incident broke, the deputy commissioner, district police officer and Rescue 1122 personnel reached the site. The district administration banned the entry of all buses belonging to the transport company within the limits of District Bhakkar.
The incident occurred when seven students were returning home after appearing in ninth grade examinations at Multan
Home of the Multan Sultans...'s Government Girls High School. The rickshaw they had been travelling in was on Jhang road, near Jaise Wala area, when the speeding bus, enroute from Multan to Dera Ismail Khan
... the Pearl of Pashtunistan ...
, crashed into it.
The rickshaw was completely swallowed under the bus, and the six students, along with the rickshaw driver, died immediately. The dear departed driver was identified as Mohammad Amjad and among the dear departed girls, the identities of Sawera Shafiq, Iqra Rafiq, Maryam, Sanam Basheer, Sobia, and Sana Parveen were confirmed by their families.
One student, who was recovered by rescue officials after cutting away chunks of the bus, was found critically maimed and rushed to the district headquarters hospital.