At least 16 die trapped in vehicles from Pakistan snowstorm
By : AFP
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8 January 2022 9:57am WAT
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This image courtesy of US Senator Tim Kaine, show the senator stuck in traffic as he travels to Washington, DC, on January 4, 2022, one day after a snowstorm. - The snow storm is over but the travel misery is not: drivers on I95, a major highway outside Washington reported Tuesday they have been stuck in their cars in freezing weather for 20 hours or more. "I started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I'm still not near the Capitol," Kaine tweeted Tuesday morning. (Photo by Tim KAINE / Senator Tim Kaine / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Senator Tim Kaine" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
This image courtesy of US Senator Tim Kaine, show the senator stuck in traffic as he travels to Washington, DC, on January 4, 2022, one day after a snowstorm. - The snow storm is over but the travel misery is not: drivers on I95, a major highway outside Washington reported Tuesday they have been stuck in their cars in freezing weather for 20 hours or more. "I started my normal 2 hour drive to DC at 1pm yesterday. 19 hours later, I'm still not near the Capitol," Kaine tweeted Tuesday morning. (Photo by Tim KAINE / Senator Tim Kaine / AFP) / RESTRICTED TO EDITORIAL USE - MANDATORY CREDIT "AFP PHOTO / Senator Tim Kaine" - NO MARKETING - NO ADVERTISING CAMPAIGNS - DISTRIBUTED AS A SERVICE TO CLIENTS
[FILES] Commuters make their way along a motorway. (Photo by Arif ALI / AFP)At least 16 people died after heavy snow trapped them in their vehicles as tens of thousands of visitors thronged Pakistan’s hill town of Murree, the interior minister said Saturday.
The military has been mobilised to clear roads and rescue people still trapped, Sheikh Rashid said in a video message, adding: “At least 16 to 19 people died inside their vehicles.”
Over 100,000 cars had entered the scenic town of Murree in the past few days to see the unusually heavy snowfalls, causing an enormous traffic jam on roads leading in and out, a police spokesman said.
