Three Dead in Srinagar Highway Collision

Three people were killed and another was critically injured when a speeding car crashed into a footpath on Srinagar Highway in Islamabad. The car, bearing registration number BNZ-973, went out of control due to speeding and mounted the footpath within the limits of Ramna police station, police sources told The Express Tribune.

The Srinagar Highway collision left three of the car’s four occupants dead at the scene. The fourth occupant was shifted to hospital in critical condition. A senior Islamabad police officer said speeding caused the driver to lose control of the vehicle. All four occupants sustained severe injuries, including serious head and other bodily injuries.

The injured man was identified as Ahmed, 24, son of Muhammad Zaman, a resident of Haripur district. He remains under treatment, with his condition described as critical, according to doctors.

Srinagar Highway collision: the victims

The deceased were identified as Babar Malik, 42, son of Wazir Ahmed and a resident of Sector D-12, Golra; Zeeshan Ali, 21, son of Mehrban and a resident of Golra; and Waqar Ahmed, 31, son of Muhammad Bashir and a resident of Dareik Mohri, Golra.

Three of the four people in the car came from Golra, a locality near the highway. That detail gives a sense of how local this loss is. The victims were not passing through from far away. They were travelling close to home when the car left the road.

Police have attributed the crash to speeding. That attribution matters, because it frames what happened as a driving failure rather than a road failure. The car mounted a footpath, which means it left the carriageway entirely. On a major highway, that points to speed high enough to defeat the driver’s control, rather than a minor error at low speed.

What the police account does and does not settle

The police account settles the basic sequence: a speeding car, a loss of control, a footpath, and four severe injuries. It does not settle every question a family would ask. The report does not say who was driving, how fast the car was travelling, or whether any other vehicle was involved. Those details will come from the police investigation, if they are released.

That distinction is worth keeping clear. Speeding is the police explanation at this stage, given by a senior officer and by police sources. It is not yet a court finding. Readers should treat it as the official account of what happened, not as a final verdict on responsibility.

The survivor’s condition also remains uncertain. Ahmed, 24, was shifted to hospital in critical condition, and doctors have described his condition as critical. His family, in Haripur district, now waits on medical updates rather than answers about the crash itself.

A week of fatal road incidents

The Srinagar Highway deaths are the latest in a series of fatal road incidents reported in Pakistan this week. Feature Pakistan reported a wedding bus collision in Peshawar in which two children were killed, and a Thar ambulance fire in which the toll rose to nine. The causes differ in each case, and they should not be lumped together. But the pattern is plain: on roads across the country, ordinary journeys are ending in deaths that did not have to happen.

Srinagar Highway is one of Islamabad’s main routes, carrying fast traffic through the capital. A footpath beside such a road is meant to keep pedestrians apart from that traffic. When a car mounts the footpath, that protection disappears. The crash is therefore a reminder of two duties at once: drivers must keep their speed under control, and the space for pedestrians beside fast roads must be treated as a safety line, not an overflow lane.

Sources: The Express Tribune

Who died in the Srinagar Highway collision?

Babar Malik, 42, of Sector D-12, Golra; Zeeshan Ali, 21, of Golra; and Waqar Ahmed, 31, of Dareik Mohri, Golra, died at the scene.

Who survived the crash?

Ahmed, 24, of Haripur district, was shifted to hospital in critical condition. Doctors have described his condition as critical.

What caused the crash, according to police?

Police sources and a senior Islamabad police officer said speeding caused the driver to lose control, and the car mounted a footpath on Srinagar Highway within the limits of Ramna police station.