According to details, the bus belonged to Al-Hamd Public Model School, Chadiyala Khurd, near Aimenabad in Gujranwala. It was returning to Gujranwala after a recreational trip to Murree. A total of 40 people, including students and school staff, were on board.
The bus reportedly went out of control and overturned near Shawala, triggering panic among the passengers. The driver died on the spot.
Teams from Rescue 1122 Murree rushed to the scene after receiving information about the accident and launched a rescue operation. Rescuers pulled the injured passengers out of the wreckage and provided them with first aid before shifting 30 injured students and staff members to the Tehsil Headquarters Hospital, Murree. Local residents also took part in the rescue efforts and helped the injured. Three of them were stated to be in critical condition.
Murree Deputy Commissioner Agha Zaheer Abbas Shirazi and other district administration officials also reached the site and supervised the rescue operation.